BOARD00145 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 3/12/2007
• Description: Interbasin Compact Process
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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. By-Laws. The Ieee established by-laws to
govern its operations and actions.

. Charter - The IBee developed a Charter to
~govern and guide compact negotiations between
roundtables,w The Charter inctudes:

- A framework and principles to guide
negotiations between roundtables, including
policies to ensure that individual compacts do
not conflict with one another.

- Procedures for ratification of compacts,
including a mandatory provision that every
affected roundtable must approve the draft
compact.

- Authorities and procedures to ensure that
approved compacts are legally binding and
enforceable.

- Procedures for integrating the Interbasin
Compact processes with other water planning
and development processes, except that no
provision may supersede, impair, or modify
any local governmenfs ~authority, jurisdiction,
or permitting powers. ~

. Public Education and Outreach. The IBCC
estabtished a Public Education and Outreach
Working Group to ensure public education and
participation concerning both the activities of
the Interbasin Compact Committee and compact
negotiations between roundtables.

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Colorado Waler Conservation Board

Colorado Revised Statute, Title 37, Article 60
requires the CWCB to conduct the following
activities in relation to utHizing the state's waters:

. Formulate methods, means, and plans

. Gather data and information

. Foster conservation

. Recommend water infrastructure projects

. Make mitigation recommendation to balance
between development and the state's water
resources

. Protect the state's fish and wildlife resources

The CWCS implements this statutory authority
through projects associated with the findings and
recommendations of SWSI.

C\t'CIl's 1"lrd!'loI.tI~ Walf'r ".tna$!f'fIIPnl and
Ut'\t'lnpnlt'nl S.'(:lioll nt'!'Iopon",ibililit's

The responsibilities of the CWCB Intrastate Water
rnagement and Development Section include:

. Implement the SWSI . by helping ensure an
adequate water supply for Colorado's citizens

and the environment through a collaborative,
cooperative, consensus approach to water
resource issues resolution by focusing on strong
local stakeholder involvement.

. Coordinate Efforts to Encourage Cooperation.
help avoid harmful competition for water and
competing uses for water between municipal,
industrial, agricultural, environmental, and
recreational users.

. Develop Reconnaissance level Water Supply
Alternatives. coordinate, manage, and conduct
river basin technical roundtables to examine and
develop structural and non.structural water
supply alternatives.

. Track and Support Water Supply Projects and
PlanninK Processes - identify and track the
status of individual projects and planning
processes and identify legal, financial, or
political issues that are impeding the resolution
of these issues.

. Grant and loan Program Development and
Implementation - review and obtain approval ot
grant and loan application requests based on the
Criteria and GuideHnes developed jointly with
the IBee from the Water Supply Reserve
Account.

. Provide Technical Support to the Interbasln
Compact Process - participate in contract
seoping, provide roundtable updates on water
use data, inform and assist basin roundtables in
improving their understanding ot existing and
future water supply needs and issues.

. Statewide Outreach and Education - participate
in public awareness ad program advocacy
activities to increase public and organizational
understanding of eweB.

. Water Information and Education - make
information accessible to ewes's customers and
the public regarding the Intrastate Water
Management and Development Section.

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