IBCCAnnualReport103106

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

Executive Summary
Interbasin Compact Committee Annual Report

Table ES-1 Basin Roundtable and IBCC Accomplishments for 2005 - 2006

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Procedural
· Nine Basin Roundtables fully-formed with elected leadership, IBCC representatives and adopted bylaws;
· 298 voting Basin Roundtable members, 27 non-voting Basin Roundtable members, and 10 state and federal liaison agencies
actively participating;
· 106 Basin Roundtable Meetings held between August 2005 and October 31, 2006.
· Basin Roundtable participation has consistently be around 70 percent;
· All Basin Roundtables set their own specific meeting schedule, with most of the Basin Roundtables meeting monthly.
Educational
· Each Basin Roundtable member was provided with basic water education material complied by the Colorado Foundation for Water
Education;
· Over 70 water-related presentations delivered to the Basin Roundtables statewide;
· Basin Roundtable members have provided feedback on the IBCC Public Education, Participation, and Outreach Working Group's
strategic planning efforts.
Basin-wide Water Needs Assessments
· A Water Supply and Needs Report was prepared for each Basin Roundtable utilizing information contained within the SWSI Report;
· Most of the Basin Roundtables have either formally adopted or are utilizing their Water Supply and Needs Report as their working
needs assessment;
· A team of consulting firms is under contract with the State for $600,000 annually to provide technical assistance to the Basin
Roundtables. The Basin Roundtables will direct the use of this contract by submitting task orders to the consulting team to further
develop their needs assessment;
· Four Basin Roundtables have already submitted one or more task orders;
· CSU sponsored a conference in October 2006 to explore how Colorado's research and academic community can assist the Basin
Roundtables with their needs assessments.
Proposed Projects or Methods and the Water Supply Reserve Account
· All Basin Roundtables provided input in the development of the Water Supply Reserve Account (Senate Bill 06-179) Criteria and
Guidelines, which were subsequently adopted;
· All Basin Roundtables are evaluating proposed water activities to be funded out of the Water Supply Reserve Account.

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Procedural
· On April 5, 2006, the IBCC established a Charter fulfilling its obligation in C.R.S. 37-75-105. The IBCC referred the Interbasin
Compact Charter to the Colorado General Assembly on April 6, 2006, and the Charter was approved through House Bill 06-1400;
· On July 30,2006, the IBCC approved a set of bylaws governing its actions, fulfilling its obligation in C.R.S. 37-75-105(1)(b);
· The IBCC established a Public Education, Participation, and Outreach Working Group, fulfilling its obligation in C.R.S. 37-75-106;
· The IBCC established two additional working groups: a Needs Assessment Working Group and a Criteria and Guidelines Working
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· On October 18, 2006, the IBCC approved Criteria and Guidelines for the Water Supply Reserve Account;
· The IBCC held eight meetings in five different cities throughout the state.
Educational
· Appendix G outlines the activities of the IBCC Public Education, Participation, and Outreach Working Group;
· The IBCC has received presentations on issues in the Arkansas, Rio Grande, and Yampa/White/Green Basins;
· The IBCC has received information on non-consumptive water needs throughout the state, including the SWSI Phase II
Environmental and Recreational Technical Roundtable and a presentation by Ms. Melinda Kassen, the environmental and
recreational representative on the IBCC.
Basin-wide Water Needs Assessments
· The IBCC Needs Assessment Working Group participated in the selection of a consulting team to provide technical assistance to
the Basin Roundtables;
· The IBCC is encouraging the development of a common technical platform.
Water Supply Reserve Account
· The IBCC and CWCB jointly established Criteria and Guidelines for the Water Supply Reserve Account, which provides $40 million
over the next four years to be invested in water activities. The Criteria and Guidelines are included in Appendix F;
· The Criteria and Guidelines reserve $1 million for each Basin Roundtable in a Basin Account; the remaining $31 million is available
on a statewide competitive basis;
· Allocations from either the Basin Account or the Statewide Account require approval of the local Basin Roundtable;
· The allocations from this account will be available in January 2007. Allocations from the Basin Accounts may be made at any of the
bi-monthly CWCB meetings. Allocations from the Statewide Account may be made in March and September.

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