South Platte Basin Roundtable Jan 9 minutes.do

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: Minutes
• Date: 1/9/2007
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

Since 1994, when negotiations began, 65,000 ac ft annually have received interim
water permits;
What the Program Does for water users:
--participation in the program is voluntary;
--provides an alternative for one for one replacement;
--focuses water mitigation through Tamarack Plan; trying to impact any water
users minimally or not at all;
--provide regulatory certainty;
--Streamlined ESA compliance and predictable outcomes
--Avoids the potential take of listed species under ESA Section 9
--Develops improved science

F or species:
--develops and protects 10K acres of habitat in NE
--provides water for species needs
--provides money to fund program activities

Land Habitat:
--Preserve and restore at least 10,000 acres of habitat in the Central Platte River
during the first program increment;
--long term goal is to provide 29,000 acres of habitat through land acquisition,
restoration

Water:
2 pieces to water:
Existing depletions: pre-1997;
Offset for future: will cover all of depletions pre-1997;
In CO we must develop 10,000 ac ft of water at lower end of river: Tamarack
Phase 1 by CO
--In Colorado, using money because we can afford water more than water
Future:
Program costs: $314 million: half by feds half by states
Cost to CO: $24 million plus development of Tamarack 1

Adaptive Mgt/Monitoring Research
South Platte Water Related Activities Program is a non-profit corporation;
voluntary; represents water interest in Platte River Implementation Program;
SPWRAP: types of membership
Municipal, agricultural, industrial, water conservancy district
Ag users paying only 1 %
Municipalities will carry weight of payment

Program status: begins January 2007
Program provides solution for going forth

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