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<br />Glossary <br /> <br />10825 water. The Bureau of Reclamation designated 10,825 acre feet in Ruedi Reservoir as being <br />available to support the Endangered Fish Recovery Program (EFRP). Discussed at the November <br />2006 CBRT meeting. In an agreement scheduled to expire 12/31/05, Denver Water has voluntarily <br />released YS of that amount, or 5,412.5 cfs, from Williams Reservoir, and the Colorado River Water <br />conservation District has released the remaining 5,412.5 cfs from Wolford Reservoir. If the <br />agreement is not extended beyond 2009, prior water project approvals which permitted water <br />appropriations for <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 fi'om 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 />Senate Bill 179: Passed in 2006 by the Colorado legislature, this allocates $10 million per year for <br />four years to be allocated among the 9 roundtables to pay for water projects or studies (aka the <br />Water Supply Reserve Account). <br /> <br />L\CWCB Imaging\Caleb\Minutes\Colorado\2006\Colorado Minutes Nov 2006 CBRT.doc <br />