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Arkansas River Basin Water Roundtable Minutes of 12 July 2006 Meeting Meeting convened at 12:42 p.m. by Chairman Alan Hamel. Jeff Tranel was asked to serve as recorder for the meeting. There were 2 9 voting members present which did not establish a quorum. Approval of the June 2006 meeting minutes was tabled until the August 2006 meeting. Minutes of the June meeting were not distributed to the members in time for a review. Jay Winner will serve as interim chair of the Needs Assessme nt Committee. Roundtable members volunteered to serve on the committee at the June Roundtable meeting. Chairman Hamel extended another invitation for Roundtable members to join the Committee. None volunteered. The committee was to meet following the Roundt able meeting. IBCC Report Alan Hamel and Jeris Danielson reported about the IBCC meeting. The IBCC adopted its bylaws at its last meeting, but the final version has yet to be distributed to IBCC members. The bylaws do allow for basin Roundtables to elect alternate representatives to the IBCC. Three committees were formed: 1) public education (Danielson sits on this committee), 2) needs assessment assistance (Hamel sits on this committee), and 3) water supply reserve account (Wayne Vanderschuere sits on thi s committee). The IBCC will hold its August meeting in Pueblo in conjunction with the Arkansas River Basin Water Roundtable meeting on 9 August 2006. The IBCC meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. Hamel, Danielson, and other Arkansas Roundtable officers will have 30 minutes to report on Arkansas Roundtable activities. The Arkansas Roundtable should develop its needs assessment in a timely manner. Monies from SB197 and HB1400 may become available in October. Thus, the Arkansas Roundtable should position itself to apply for the monies as appropriate. Educational Program Ralf Topper (CGS) presented “Nature’s Underground Reservoir – Aquifer Storage.” The presentation provided a review of SB 06 - 193 and the aquifer recharge study. The study, completed in 2004, ra nked aquifers in terms of storage capacity. While there is a diminishing ability to build surface water storage facilities, technology exists to recharge aquifers. Objectives of aquifer recharge/storage include water supply management, meeting legal obliga tions, managing water quality, aquifer recovery and protection, and protection of the environment. Surface and subsurface infiltration and direct injection into confined aquifers are possible. The presentation showed the top six aquifer candidates for both unconsolidated storage and bedrock confined aquifers.