river guidelines

• Basin Roundtable: Arkansas
• Sub-Committee: Water Transfers
• Title: Proposed Guidelines for Arkansas River Basin Roundtable
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: General Resources

PROPOSED GUIDELINES/PRINCIPLES

FOR

ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN ROUNDTABLE

RE

INTERBASIN WATER TRANSFERS

1. The receiving basin shall first demonstrate the water proposed to be
transferred is not available its own basin.

2. The receiving basin shall implement al l practicable conservation measures
which shall include, but not be limited to, metering of all industrial,
commercial and residential water users, tiered residential rates, reasonable
landscaping restrictions and such building code requirements as are
nec essary to require installation of high efficiency plumbing fixtures and
water using appliances.

3. The receiving basin shall complete, at its own expense, a study to analyze the
impact upon the basin and the county or counties from which the water is
being e xported. Copies of the study shall be submitted to the commissioners
of the exporting county as well as to the basin roundtables of the exporting
and receiving county . The study shall include, but not be limited to, analysis
of the environmental, social , cultural, water quality, and economic impact.
Such study shall be conducted by an accredited university or qualified
professional firm to be selected by mutual agreement of the receiving entity
and the basin roundtable of the basin from which the water is proposed to be
exported. The study shall be completed and submitted to the appropriate
entities within a certain number of days, as determined by the participating
entities, prior to filing applications for water transfers in water court.

4. The rece iving basin shall pay or provide all necessary mitigation, in
perpetuity, to the county from which the water is being transferred to offset
economic losses as determined in the impact study.

5. Cities continuing to grow and develop at a rapid pace worsen Co lorado’s
water resource problem. They must implement regulations to limit growth
and development so as to contribute towards the alleviation of those
problems.

6. A receiving entity shall not, if it cannot supply its own water needs without
interbasin tran sfers, enter into any new agreements to supply water to any
other entity either within or outside of its own basin except in situations of