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• Board Meeting Date: 11/13/2006
• Description: IBCC Director's Report - Interbasin Compact Committee Annual Report to the House of Representatives Com. On Agriculture, Livestock, Natural Resources, and Senate Com. On Agriculture, Energy, Natural
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

J. The water activity meets one qr more of the water management objectives identified
in the Statewide Water Supply: Initiative,3 helps implement projects and processes
identified as helping meet Colorado's future water needs, and/or addresses the gap
areas between available water supply and future need as identified in the Statewide
Water Supply Initiative or a roundtable's basin-wide water needs assessment done in
accordance with the Colorado Water for the 2151 Century Act.
k. The water activity promotes water conservation and efficiency.
1. The applicant has an existing water conservation plan.
m. The water activity will make n~w water available for use.
n. The water activity involves reoperation, enlargement, or rehabilitation of existing
facilities.

The Water Activity Addresses Issues of Statewide Value

o. The water activity helps sustain agriculture, and open space, or meets environmental
or recreational needs. '
p. The water activity assists in the administration of compact-entitled waters or
addresses problems related to compact entitled waters and compact compliance and
the degree to which the activitY promotes maximum utilization of state waters.
q. The water activity assists in the recovery of threatened and endangered wildlife
species or Colorado state species of concern.
r. The water activity provides a high level of benefit to Colorado in relationship to the
amount of funds requested.
s. The water activity is complimentary to or assists in the implementation of other
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CWCB programs.
t. The water activity helps suppoft the State's economic vitality and competitiveness in
national and international mark~ts.

For additional information, questions or assistance please contact Rick Brown, Intrastate
Water Management and Development Section (Colorado Water Conservation Board), at
[phone] or email [e-mail].

3 The nine water management objectives are: s~stainably meet municipal and industrial demands; sustainably
meet agricultural demands; optimize existing aryd future water supplies; enhance recreational opportunities;
provide for environmental enhancements; prompte cost effectiveness; protect cultural values; provide for
operational flexibility; and comply with all applicable laws regulations, and water rights.

Water Supply Reserve Account Criteria and Guidelines - Adopted: October 18,2006
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