Overview - Colorado Water for the 21st Century

• Title: Overview - Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act
• Date: 6/1/2006
• IBCC - Doc Type: Articles & Speeches

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Basin Roundtables
Nine separate roundtables are established for each of the state's major river basins, and a "Metro
Roundtable" for the Denver metropolitan area. (see map)

The nine Roundtables are:
. The South Platte Basin
. The Arkansas Basin
. The Rio Grande Basin
. The Gunnison Basin
. The Colorado Basin

. North Platte
. The Yampa/White
. The Metro
. The Dolores, San Miguel, and San
Juan Basins

Roundtable Membership
These Basin Roundtables are permanent stmctures setup to facilitate discussions on water
management issues and to encourage locally driven collaborative solutions. The broad-based,
collaborative nature of this process is reflected in the roundtable membership. The roundtables
are made up of a set of "designated members," ten "at-large" members, and three non-voting
members (see Figure One).

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Designated Members
One member appointed by each county within the roundtable's boundaries
One member appointed jointly be all the municipalities within any county in the roundtable's boundaries
One member appointed by each water conservancy and water conservation districts within the roundtable's
boundaries
One member appointed jointly by the chairpersons of the Colorado House and Senate Ag. Committees
10 At-Large Members (appointed by the designated members in consultation with the Director of compact
negotiations)
One representing agricultural interests
One representing recreational interests
One representing local, domestic water providers
One representing industrial interests
One representing environmental interests - Selected from eligible candidates representing established
Colorado ellYironmental organizations
At least fiye of the ten at-large roundtable members must own water rights or haye a contract for federal
water
Non-Voting Members (appointed by the full roundtable membership)
Three non-yoting members who must own water rights or haye a contract for federal water to represent out-
of-basin water interests within the roundtable's boundaries
--Or--
If no one qualifies, representatiyes that haye interests in and are knowledgeable about water matters
Colorado Water Conservation Board
The CWCB member from the basin will selTe as the liaison between the roundtable and the CWCB.

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Eric Hecox Office of Interbasin Compact Negotiations [phone] [e-mail]
1313 Sherman Street, Room 718 Denver, CO 80203