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<br />Human health: slows water flow down, improves habitat for West Nile virus in <br />places it should not be; <br />Degradation of water quality; reduction in species diversity; suppresses native <br />plant species; potential impacts on endangered species; alters animal communities <br />Economic impacts: loss of revenue: agricultural irrigation: cleaning out headgates <br />three times a day; lowering of property values: aesthetics; lack ofrec <br />opportunities; impairment of water treatment facilities <br />Control Options: biological, physical, mechanical, chemical, cultural <br />--Key: early detection: find it before it becomes a problem; rapid response <br />Prevention: boat washing stations; boat launch surveillance; citizen lake watcher <br />programs; education; <br />--Other threats: hydrilla: can go 25 feet deep; giant salvina; <br />--early detection key <br />Questions: <br />Laurie Deiter: DeiterL@bou1derco10rado.gov <br />Eric Fairlee: FairleeE@bou1derco10rado.gov <br /> <br />Les Williams: Need state effort for intervention; Boulder Creek Water Users <br />presentation several years ago; ditch company says they can take a semi load of <br />this week away each week; potential major problem for ditch companies and for <br />reservoirs; last July in Boulder County, rafts of this week coming downstream. <br /> <br />Irrigation ditches some of the best places for them; lateral ditches is where <br />population will explode; any pond that receives water from infected ditch <br /> <br />Fred Walker: Good idea to contact the state wide water users association: <br />DARCA ... this is in scope of their mission. <br /> <br />IV: Water Supply Reserve Account (WSRA) <br />Fred Walker: Monies that we have available... need discussion about prioritization <br />of the monies that we have and how we will approach the spending of those. <br /> <br />Harold Evans: Guidelines and criteria that DNR setout: any projects that want to <br />be funded out of our basin account must be in by January 2010 ($1 million) <br /> <br />Bob Streeter: Would be wise to reserve a portion of our basin account for these <br />studies; <br /> <br />Sue: Criteria guidelines from IBCC and CWCB: these should be applied to every <br />single project; Rick Brown will try to come to each roundtable to walk through <br />the criteria; one criteria that is very important: does the project address the gap <br />that was identified by SWSI; look for CWCB presentation in near future <br /> <br />Question: Are there dollar limits for each project? <br /> <br />Sue: Only legislative; $10 million each year; $1 million per basin <br /> <br />12 <br />