IBCCAnnualReport103106

• Title: Interbasin Compact Committee Annual Report
• Date: 10/31/2006
• Author: CDM
• Interbasin CC - Doc Type: Annual Legislative Report

Section 1
Report from the Director of Compact Negotiations
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important to educate themselves about water issues in
their basin. Basin Roundtables have had presentations
on different topic areas (the prior appropriation doctrine,
interstate compacts, water administration, groundwater
resources, etc.) and on different geographic locations
(issues in the Upper Gunnison, issues in the White River
Basin, etc.). The Rio Grande Basin Roundtable held one
of their meetings in conjunction with a conservation
workshop, offered a field trip to an important local
reservoir, and had a member assemble a chronology of
water management in the San Luis Valley. The South
Platte Basin Roundtable has had a series of small group
discussions on issues and potential solutions in different
parts of the South Platte River Basin. In the words of one
Basin Roundtable member, "this beneficial process has
led to Basin Roundtable members' active engagement
with one another in a meaningful way that is progressing
towards a better understanding of the issues throughout
our basin."

The following is a representative sample of Basin
Roundtable educational activities.

Arkansas

. Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI): three
separate presentations including a SWSI overview,
detailed information on the Arkansas Basin, and
SWSI Phase II

. Economics of Irrigated Agriculture - Dr. James
Pritchett, Colorado State University (CSU)

. Water Administration in the Arkansas Basin and
Salvaged Water - Mr. Steve Witte, Division of Water
Resources (DWR)

. Aquifer Storage and SB06-193 - Mr. Ralf Topper,
Colorado Geological Survey (CGS)

Colorado
. SWSI: SWSI Overview, Detailed information on the
Colorado Basin, and SWSI Phase II

. Rural Resort Region 2005 Benchmark Report - North
West Colorado Council of Governments (NWCCOG)

. Colorado's Irrigated Agriculture - Dr. James Pritchett,
(CSU)

. Colorado's Irrigated Agriculture-Economic Activity and
Future Prospects - Dr. James Pritchett, CSU.

. Use of Tree Rings to assess long term yield of the
Colorado River System - Dr. Connie Woodhouse

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. Roaring Fork Stream Assessment - Mr. Mark Fuller

. Presentation on Grand Junction Lakes Project - Mr.
Jim Carter, Harley Jackson, et al.

. Presentation on Green Mountain Reservoir
Pumpback/Wolcott Reservoir Project - Mr. Jim
Pearce, Colorado River Water Conservation District

. Colorado River Compact - Mr. Scott Balcomb

. Colorado Foundation for Water Education - Ms. Karla
Brown

. Presentation on UPCO Study - Mr. Lane Wyatt

. Presentation on Grand Valley Issues - Mr. Dick
Proctor

. CSU Extension Services: Presentation of Services
Available - Mr. Rod Sharp

. Water White Paper - Presentation by Dr. Lyn
Kathlene, CSU

. Brief Overview of Status of Colorado River Basin
Proposal- Merritt, Cazier, Sackbauer, Long, Curran,
Bates

. Overview of Colorado Water for the 21 st Century Act
- M r. Russell George

Southwest
. SWSI: SWSI overview with focus on Dolores, San
Miguel, San Juan and tributary basins

. Sub-basin reports: San Juan/Piedra (Carrie
Campbell), Pine River

. CSU Extension Services: Presentation of Services
Available - Mr. Dan Fernandez

. Overview of Colorado Water for the 21 st Century Act
- M r. Russell George

Gunnison
. SWSI: SWSI overview (Mr. Rick Brown) and separate
presentation focusing on Gunnison Basin issues (Mr.
David Kanzer, Colorado River Water Conservancy
District and Mr. Kelly DiNatale, CDM)

. The Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery
Program - Mr. Tom Pitts

. History of the Upper Gunnison Basin and the Upper
Gunnison River Water Conservation District
(UGRWCD), Water needs and supplies in the Upper
Basin and challenges faced by the Upper Basin:
Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District.

. Video: 'The Hatch'

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