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<br />Glossary <br /> <br />10825 water. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined in 1983 that 21,650 acre feet of water <br />was needed to support four endangered fish species in the Colorado River in Mesa County and <br />further downstream. The Bureau of Reclamation designated one half of this, or 10,825 acre feet, in <br />Ruedi Reservoir to SUPPOlt the Endangered Fish Recovery Program (EFRP) discussed further <br />below. The remaining water, known as 10825 Water, is provided from Williams Reservoir and <br />Wolford Reservoir. Denver Water voluntarily agreed to release lh of the 10825 Water, or 5,412.5 <br />cfs, from Williams Reservoir through 12/31/2010. The Colorado River Water Conservation District <br />has released the remaining 5,412.5 cfs fi'om Wolford Reservoir. If the agreement is not extended <br />beyond 2009, prior water project approvals which permitted water appropriations from the <br />Colorado River may not comply with the Endangered Species Act, and may be called into question. <br />This was discussed at the November 2006 CBRT meeting. <br /> <br />CBRT: Colorado Basin Roundtable <br /> <br />CDM: Camp, Dresser, McKee, the engineering firm selected by CWCB to perform the statewide <br />needs assessment called for in Section 35 75-104(2)(c), CRS (as created in HB 1177). <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board: This is a board appointed by the governor which governs <br />the allocation of water in Colorado for various purposes. John Redifer is the chair person. It is the <br />sole entity which can receive grants of conservation easements in water resources. It also is <br />charged with administering grants from the Water Supply Reserve Account. <br /> <br />Endangered Fish Recovery Program. Four fish, the Colorado pikeminnow, Razorback sucker, <br />Humpback chub, and Bony tail, are listed as endangered species; they reside in the Colorado, <br />Yampa-White, and Green Rivers. Under a 1983 agreement, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />determined that a minimum stream flow of21,650 acre feet (30 cfs annually) was necessary to <br />support these fish. All water diversions approved after that date had to demonstrate in a PBO that <br />they did not interfere with this minimum stream flow. See 10825 Water above. <br /> <br />House Bill 1177: Passed in 2005 by the Colorado legislature, this sets up nine roundtables around <br />in the following drainages to discuss how to meet the 20% gap in water supplies predicted by <br />SWSI for the Colorado Front Range by 2030: <br /> <br />Western Slope <br /> <br />Eastern Slope <br /> <br />Colorado <br />Y ampa- White <br />Gunnison <br />San Juan <br /> <br />Arkansas <br />Rio Grande <br />North Platte <br />South Platte <br />Denver Metro <br /> <br />PBO: A Programmatic Biological Opinion, which opines that proposed diversions will not harm <br />endangered fish in the Upper Colorado River. <br /> <br />RICD: Recreation In Channel Diversion. A water right awarded in order to promote recreational <br />interests in the river. <br /> <br />L\CWCB Imaging\Caleb\Minutes\Colorado\2006\Minutes Nov 2006 CBRTx .doc <br />