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agreements such as this are discussed. He also mentioned that the roundtables have no standing to require that such agreements be aired publicly, nor that the roundtable's voice be heard. 6. Grand Junction Lakes Proiect. Bob Smith, news anchor for KKCT television station in Grand Junction, made a presentation to promote Grand Valley Lake, a proposed reservoir on Orchard Mesa. 1) The reservoir's size is shown below, in comparison to Dillon Reservoir: Reservoir Surface area Dillon 3,233 acres Grand Valley Lake 2,000 acres Storage capacity 254,036 acre feet 195,000 acre feet 2) A 60-mile canal and tunnel would be constructed from near the confluence of the North Fork and main stem of the Gunnison River to Grand Valley Lake, and 200 to 450 cfs would be diverted from the Gunnison River. 3) SWSI predicted that additional population growth of2.8 million people on Colorado's eastern slope by 2030 would create demand for 630,000 additional acre feet. Grand Valley Lake would help meet that need and keep more water on the western slope. At a 3% projected population growth rate (which is faster than the fastest growing countries in the world today, and which results in a population doubling every 24 years - ed.) all western slope agricultural water rights will by purchased by municipal and industrial users by 2060 according to Bob Smith. 4) The projected cost of$580 million would be paid as follows: Federal government for salinity control Municipal and industrial users State recreation users State fish and game department Federal endangered species recovery program Hydro electric power users .6% 27.7% 14.6% 19.5% 24.6% 13.0% 7. Discussion of SB 179 grant guidelines. The roundtable broke into subgroups. Members made the following recommendations to the SB 179 Working Group for doling out the $10 million grant money available each year: 1) The most important water activities that should be funded are (1) storage, and (2) environmental, where environmental is defined to include the minimum stream flow necessary to ensure that water quality will preserve a healthy river ecosystem. 2) The roundtable recommended that the SB 179 money be doled out in equal one- L\CWCB Imaging\Caleb\Minutes\Colorado\2006\July 24 06 Minutes IECC Colo Basin.doc 4