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transport - would be good in the study to look at how a change in flow regime could <br />affect sediment transport – either way <br /> <br />Mel G. - need to look at the Rio Grande Basin as a whole - evap losses off Elephant <br />Butte can exceed entire SLV water use - one way to save wa ter for whole basin is to <br />store water in the high basins <br /> <br />Karla S. - has NM or TX expressed any opinion on th is? <br /> <br />Travis - that could be one of the fatal flaws — post compact storage is an issue <br /> - wants as many questions as possible to examine from as many angles as <br />possible <br /> <br />Rio - recommended accessing T he N ature C onservancy ’s extensive information on <br />hydro regimes for environmental benefits while meeting other needs <br /> <br />Fred B - asked about RG Compact issues and suggested that we share savings with <br />NM & TX <br /> <br />S teve V. - a lot to this - seems that soon there should be a meeting to go through this in <br />detail re Compact and admin istrative aspects - re issues and how to deal with them — <br />has been raised in previous Compact meetings and questions from TX re how to delive r <br />water to them when Middle Rio Grande is dry - need to consider that the water <br />evaporating from Elephant Butte is not just Colorado’s and whatever we do will have a <br />small impact on the 2.2 million acre feet of water in that reservoir <br /> <br />Travis – agreed - wa nted to start with this R ound t able and go from there — offering a <br />tour of the reservoir tomorrow (August 9, 2006) and they are i nviting people to the <br />process and go over a number of questions <br /> <br />Fred B . - how much additional transbasin water might be available and how much would <br />it cost? <br /> <br />Need to learn more about this! <br /> <br />Carl — two years ago if had put 25,000 ft into RG Res, instead of down river, what would <br />have been outcome? <br /> <br />Travis - yield analysis so far says there is some opportunity - SWSI report said to lo ok at <br />the possibilities to rehabilitate and/or enhance reservoirs - so we need to look at <br />opportunities when they are available <br /> <br />Report on IBCC by Ray Wright <br /> <br />SB 179 - authorized $ for RT process -- $40 mill over 4 years from mineral severance <br />tax funds <br /> Page 3 of 5 RGBRT Minutes <br /> <br /> August 8 , 2006 <br />