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<br />. Whether there is a disconnect between land use and water planning <br />. Whether the recent drought proved the current water system works well or not. <br />. Whether there is plenty of water ifused wisely; or <br />. If new water needs to be developed <br />. Whether or not environmental claims have adequate legal standing <br /> <br />Figure 1, page 16: Water Survey: Relationship between Beliefs and Challenges shows the <br />common ground between the three interest groups. <br /> <br />Table 2, pages 12 and 13: Types of Beliefs in the Colorado Water Community. The middle <br />column shows the issues where people had the strongest opinions (-4, -3 and +3, +4). <br /> <br />This is a web-based survey. All Colorado IBCC Roundtable members can take it. <br /> <br />9. Discussion of Upper Colorado River Basin issues and the UPCO Study. <br /> <br />Presenters: <br /> <br />. Bill Bates, Denver Water <br />. Lurline Curran, Grand County <br />. Tom Long, Summit County Commissioner <br />. Rick Sackbauer, Vail Resorts <br />. Stanley Cazier, Grand County water attorney <br />. Eric Kuhn, Colorado River Water Conservation District <br /> <br />A. Bill Bates. Denver Water <br /> <br />Denver Water filed for diligence on Blue River Decree Robert's Tunnel and Dillon Reservoir <br />refill right. The western slope parties objected. <br /> <br />Denver is required to reuse its effluent water under the Blue River decree. Issues are currently <br />stayed while Denver is trying to resolve the issues with the western slope. <br /> <br />Colorado River UpCo (Upper Colorado River Study) and the Fraser River Basin study are efforts <br />to find more water quantity. <br /> <br />B. Lurline Curran. Grand County <br /> <br />Grand County is a headwaters county. It is struggling with Denver Water's Moffatt Tunnel <br />firming project and the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District Systems Windy Gap <br />firming project. Grand County sees this as a last stand. <br /> <br />It's very complex when water can be taken. It makes it hard to plan for future growth. Summit <br />County's concerns affect Grand County. <br /> <br />When do agricultural users need water <br /> <br />L\CWCB Imaging\Caleb\Minutes\Colorado\2006\Colorado 1-23-06 Minutes.doc <br /> <br />4 <br />