Interbasin Compact Process Overview and FY07-0

• Title: Interbasin Compact Process Overview and FY07-08 Work Plan
• Date: 7/1/2007
• IBCC - Doc Type: Program Planning, Budget & Contracts

education included: a) a notebook for each roundtable members of basic water
information created by the Colorado Foundation for Water Education; b) SWSI materials,
reports, and presentations; c) a groundwater atlas and artificial recharge study created by
CGS; d) a CSU report on beliefs and values on water; and e ) various other basin specific
materials.

In addition to Basin Roundtable educational presentations and educational materials, the
Interbasin Compact Process has supported roundtable member at tendance at other
program wide meetings or water related events. This has included Basin Roundtable
member attendance at groundwater workshop s, west slope roundtable caucus es , water
conservation workshops, and a conference on the role of research and high er education in
basin - wide water needs assessments.

In FY07 - 08 , the Basin Roundtables will continue to implement their education agenda.
This will involve:
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Additional educational presentations at Basin Roundtable meetings
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Additional educational materia ls for Basin Roundtable members as requested and
as resource s allow
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Continued assistance for Basin Roundtable member attendance at water events
and workshops

3.3 Cross Roundtable/ Statewide Education
In order for the Interbasin Compact Process to be succes sful, Basin Roundtable and IBCC
members need to truly understand and appreciate the issues, challenges, and opportunities
in other basins. Basin Roundtable and IBCC members have begun learning about and
addressing issues that involve more than one basin/r oundtable, and started educating
other roundtables and the IBCC on the major water issues within each basin.

In FY07 - 08, these efforts will continue and will be enhanced through:
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The production of communication material outlining the major water issues faced
by each basin
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Additional presentations from host Basin Roundtables to the IBCC and the use of
those presentations as the basis for communication material
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The encouragement of joint roundtable meetings

3.4 Public Education and Communication
The Inter basin Compact Process is charged with c ommunicating to the public the
activities of the Basin Roundtables and the IBCC, and involving the larger public in the
debate regarding water needs and potential methods for meeting those needs. The Basin
Roundtable s and the IBCC are to serve as a forum for public involvement.

To help achieve this, t he Basin R oundtable and IBCC meetings/ activities are , as required
by law, open public meetings. In addition, each Basin Roundtable and IBCC member
represents a certai n geographic or interest area. Members are responsible for informing
and engaging their various constituents and communities.

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