Summary of Basin Roundtable Task Order Request

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1) Quantify unappropriated water available in the North Platte River basin. This includes identifying unappropriated water for all beneficial uses and will require quantification by tributary at various locations and times of the year. 2) Identify and quantify the non-consumptive uses and needs in the basin 3) Address North Platte Basin high altitude crop consumptive use coefficients North Platte Basin Roundtable Tasks Authorized under Task Order 2007-003 The Consultant will meet with needs assessment subcommittee two times in person and two times via conference call during March 2007 through June 30, 2007 to define what elements need to be contained in their work plan. The Consultant will develop draft sections of the work plan based on these input from these meetings. The Consultant will use information from SWSI 2 to address work plan elements I, 2 and 3 above. In addition, the work plan for non- consumptive needs developed in the Colorado Basin should be considered for the North Platte Basin. For all work plan elements, a common technical platform will be considered by the Consultant. Deliverable: Draft and final work plan addressing the roundtable's 3 elements outlined above. Associated fee: $35,000 1.7 Rio Grande The Rio Grande has submitted a separate task order to conduct a San Luis Valley Groundwater Level Study. This study will includes two areas located near the Rio Grande in the San Luis Valley and will help to characterize the hydrologic divide between the aquifer and the Rio Grande River. 1.8 South Platte Basin Roundtable Summary of South Platte Basin Roundtable Request The South Platter Basin roundtable adopted tlle SWSI as its interim basin-wide needs assessment. The roundtable would like a task order develop to address the following refinements to SWSI: 1) Determine where the various providers may be looking at the same water as a future supply. This task should include not only M&I providers but agricultural providers as well. These studies should quantify the amount of overlapping claims. The roundtable recognizes that this competition for the same water can significantly increase the gap between future supply and demand. 2) Conduct a detailed analysis of any "unappropriated water" in the Basin, including the amount and location of such waters. This should also include a review of any senior appropriation, if any, currently unutilized or under utilized.