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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

STATE OF COLORADO

Office of Interbasin Compact Negotiations
1313 Sherman Street, Room 718
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Interbasin Compact Process
Fact Sheet (Updated: 10/31/06)

The Interbasin Compact process established by the Colorado Water for the 215t Century
Act (HB-1177) is being fully implemented with an impressive amount of energy and
interest at all levels. Nine basin roundtables are established throughout the state.
Roundtable membership is meeting the Act's goal of being broadly inclusive. Two
hundred and ninety eight Coloradoans are serving as roundtable members bringing a
diversity of interests, backgrounds, experiences, and geographic perspectives to
Colorado's water discussions (see Figure One). Roundtable participants also include
representatives from ten different state and federal agencies, and the involvement of 27
non-voting members bringing a cross-basin perspective to each roundtable.

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II!Ure ne: urn er 0 oun ta e em ers
Arkansas 53
Colorado 34
Dolores/SM/SJ 34 (including 2 Tribes)
Gunnison 32
Metro 27
North Platte 16
Rio Grande 29
South Platte 51
Yampa/White 22
Total 298

The roundtable meetings are being held on a regular basis, are well attended, and have
a high level of discourse and engagement. Meetings have been marked by competitive
elections, spirited debates about their decision-making and operating procedures, and
constructive analysis of water issues and data within their basin as members begin their
basin-wide water needs assessments and examine how this process can move the state
forward. Figure Two summarizes the roundtables' work.

Fi re Two: Roundtable Summar Data
Roundtable Meetin s Held
mcc Meetin s Held
Non-Votin Cross Basin Partici ation
Federal and State A enc Liaisons involved
CSU Coo erative Extension Liaisons
Work Accomplished:
. 9 roundtables fully formed with elected leadership and adopted by-laws.
. All roundtables pursuing an education agenda with presentations on important water issues
within their basin.
. All roundtables have received a Basin Report, all information relevant to their basin, generated
through SWSI. These Basin Reports form the starting point and core of the basin-wide water
needs assessment.
. Roundtables are receiving presentations and information on proposed projects or methods to
meet water needs within their basin.

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office of
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Russell George
Director of Compact
Negotiations

Eric Hecox
Manager, Office of
Interbasin Compact
Negotiations