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Finance: Agency liaison: Chair: Wayne Whittaker Loretta Kennedy John Singletary Chair: Loretta Kennedy Wayne Whittaker Water Acquisition: legal: Chair: Leroy Mauch John Singletary Loretta Kennedy Wayne Whittaker Melissa Esquibel Pete Moore Chair: Melissa Esquibel Wayne Whittaker Pete Moore John Singletary Personnel: Chair: Loretta Kennedy Melissa Esquibel John Singletary El Paso County Water Authority The EI Paso County Water Authority, is organized under an Establishing Contract as a water authority, a body corporate and politic, a separate governmental entity, a political subdivision and a public corporation of the State of Colorado, pursuant to Section 18(2)(a) and 2(b) of Article XIV, Constitution of the State of Colorado, and to S 29-1-204.2, Colorado Revised Statutes approved on or about November 4, 1996. The document is recorded at Reception No. 097075620 of the records of the EI Paso County Clerk and Recorder's Office. The Authority currently has seventeen members, including metropolitan districts, water and sanitation districts, towns and cities within EI Paso County. The Authority meets the first Wednesday of each luonth in the Board of County Commissioners Hearing ROOIU, 3rd Floor, EI Paso County Adluinistration Building, 27 East Vermijo, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The monthly meetings are open to the public and carried over the internet by the EI Paso County Information Technology Department. Since its inception, the Authority has cOlupleted a Water Report Master Plan and engaged a luanager and lobbyist. The members focus on regional approaches to local water supply issues. Current activities include facilitation of a Transit Loss Model Update for Fountain and Monument Creek to increase water use efficiency. In cooperation with the Upper Black Squirrel Management District, the Authority hopes to begin a study with the Colorado Geological Survey to investigate alluvial aquifer storage and recovery in the Upper Black Squirrel Designated Groundwater Basin.