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<br />c. Today it is estimated that 800 Colorado pikeminnow survive, up from less than 400 in <br />1991. This is viewed as evidence that the Endangered Fish Recovery Program is <br />working. It is hoped that this fish can be delisted by 2016 (although no endangered <br />species has yet been de listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - ed.). Even if <br />delisted, the Endangered Fish Recovery Program flows will have to be sustained to <br />prevent further decline of the species. <br /> <br />d. The Endangered Species Act requires that all new water deletions must prove they do not <br />interfere with these four endangered fish; this is done in the form of a Programmatic <br />Biological Opinion, or PBO. <br /> <br />e. One half of the required 21,650 acre feet, or 10,825 acre feet, come from Ruedi <br />Reservoir. All Upper Colorado users are responsible under a voluntary agreement <br />entered into in 1988 to provide the remaining 10,825 acre feet. This is known as 10825 <br />Water. <br /> <br />f. Under an agreement set to expire December 31,2009, Denver Water has voluntarily <br />provided half of the 10825 Water, or 5,412.5 acre feet, from the Williams Fork Reservoir; <br />the Williams Fork flows north into the Colorado River near Parshall just upstream of <br />Byers Canyon. The remaining 5,412.5 acre feet of 10825 Water has been provided by the <br />Colorado River Water Conservation District from Wolford Reservoir near Kremmling. <br /> <br />g. If the agreement is not extended, all water depletions in the Upper Colorado since 1988 <br />will no longer comply with the Endangered Species Act. The existing voluntary 10825 <br />Water agreement therefore has permitted new water projects to comply with the <br />Endangered Species Act. <br /> <br />h. The cost to build a new reservoir to hold back 21,650 acre feet is estimated to cost $2- <br />3,000 per acre foot, or $43-65m. <br /> <br />1. 10825 Water was cut off earlier in 2006, and that caused problems for fish and farmers <br />below the Williams Fork. <br /> <br />J. Stan Cazier pointed out that all of the 10825 Water today originates in Grand County. <br /> <br />k. Future decisions regarding 10825 Water will affect the entire Upper Colorado River <br />Basin. Tom Pitts recommended that a nonconsumptive needs assessment of 10825 Water <br />should be done. Lurline Curry of Grand County made a motion, seconded by Tom Clark <br />ofKremmling and passed unanimously, that the CBRT join the Arkansas, Denver Metro, <br />and South Platte roundtables in requesting that SB 179 funds be used for this 10825 <br />Water nonconsumptive needs assessment. <br /> <br />L\CWCB Imaging\Caleb\Minutes\Colorado\2006\Colorado Minutes Nov 2006 CBRT.doc <br /> <br />4 <br />