Colorado Minutes Oct 2006 CBRT

• Basin Roundtable: Colorado
• Title: Minutes
• Date: 10/23/2006
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

10. Consumptive needs breakout report of potential grant requests.

a. Every municipality and water district in the Colorado Basin knows their projected
needs assessment; they should send these to John Sikora who will compile them.

b. We need to learn more about the Endangered Species Recovery Program, a
requirement that the Eastern and Western slopes together reserve 10,825 acre feet to
support endangered fish in the Colorado River. This amounts to just under 15 cfs
annually. Tom Pitts, Loveland, gave a presentation to the Gunnison RT about this; he is
on the CDM team.

c. We need to learn more about energy development impacts on water:

1. Water consumed or polluted in extracting energy.
11. Water consumed by workers moving to the area to extract energy.

d. Grant requests will be prioritized at the next meeting.

11. Non consumptive needs breakout report of potential grant requests.

a. Needs assessment for the entire basin. The group discussed that the Arkansas Basin
spreadsheet could be overwhelming with over 4,000 data points to gather. An alternative
is to measure seasonal water flows at different locations, and graph flows with and
without the exercise of all conditional water rights. Lane Wyatt and Ken Neubecker
will bring a proposal for consideration in November.

b. Lurline Curran discussed Grand County's Stream Flow Management Plan, which has
languished because consultants are unavailable (in part because of fears that by working
for Grand County they will no longer be considered by Denver or Northern). This would
cost $10-15,000, and would be an appropriate Task Order under HB 1400. CDM could
do this and use it as a model for developing a basin-wide or state-wide needs assessment.
Lurline will send the Phase 1 Stream Flow Management Plan to Sue Morea for her
review.

c. Mark Fuller discussed that the Roaring Fork Water Shed Plan needs $25,000 to complete
Phase 1, and $50,000 to complete Phase 2.

d. Kirk Klancke mentioned that $200,000 is needed for a sediment collection basin at the
base of Berthoud Pass.

e. The group agreed to join Yampa White roundtable in their HB 1400 Task Order request
that CDM project energy development impacts on water supply and quality.

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