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M E M O R A N D U M TO: Gunnison Basin Roundtable Members FROM: Water Needs Assessment Subcommittee - Marc Catlin, Steve Glazer, Jim Hokit, Hank Hotze, Tom Huerkamp, Dave Kanzer, Dixie Luke, Tyler Martineau, and Ken Spann DATE: March 28, 2007 SUBJECT: Gunnison River Basin Water Needs Assessment The Water Needs Assessment Subcommittee met on March 20 as requested by the roundtable. The subcommittee met with the technical consultants, Mike Gross and Nicole Rowan, to refine the scope of work fo r Needs Assessment Tasks 1, 2, 3, and 6. The subcommittee also discussed the timeline for proceeding with the remaining twelve needs assessment tasks previously reviewed with the roundtable. Attached with this memorandum is a spreadsheet which summarize s the results of the subcommittee’s discussion. It appears that no needs assessment project will be ready for Water Supply Reserve Account funding until the beginning of 2008. The sole exception may be funding in the fall of 2007 for a review of the SWSI water availability studies (Task 5) if the CWCB water availability study does not provide the level of detail that is needed by the roundtable. On the other hand, the Needs Assessment Subcommittee identified five tasks which would benefit from being ini tiated with HB1400 funds when the next round of funds becomes available after July 1. These include: ? Scoping and execution of Task 4 – Agricultural shortages ? Scoping of Task 9 – Aspinall Unit Operations and PBO/RPA Issues ? Scoping of Task 11 – Resolve Wat er Supply Vulnerabilities ? Scoping of Task 12 – Identify Deficiencies in Storage Systems ? Scoping of Task 16 – Impact Analysis of Energy Development Eric Hecox indicated that the proper timetable for roundtable approval of a request for technical assistanc e with these tasks would be at the May or June roundtable meeting. He also said that it would be helpful if the roundtable could identify all of the tasks it would like to complete with FY 2008 HB1400 funding in our request, even if there are some tasks are not ready to begin. Therefore, if there are other tasks which the roundtable would like to get underway in FY 2008, they should be brought to the roundtable prior to the May meeting. 3/28/07 1