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• Board Meeting Date: 7/11/2007
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

The city-owned utility sold 2AOO acre feet, or about 780 million gallons, to Colorado
Canal farmers, who get preference under long-standing agreements. Fort Lyon Canal
sought water about the same time and bought 3,781 acre feet, or 1.2 billion gallons. Both
Arkansas Valley irrigation groups paid $11 per acre foot for the water.

In contrast, Springs Utilities customers use about 80,000 acre feet a year, or about 26
billion gallons.

The water sales represent about 10 percent of the Springs usage.

The city also delivered 2,000 acre feet, or about 650 million gallons, to the Colorado
Division of Wildlife at the negotiated price of $15 per acre foot. The water will be
added to the permanent water storage pool at John Martin Reservoir west of Lamar,
according to a press release. The Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation
helped with the purchase.

Aurora Contract Expected By Mid-July: The Bureau of Reclamation is prepared
to offer a contract to Aurora for water storage and exchange at Lake Pueblo when a
comment period ends Monday.

The contract won't be finalized until mid-July, however, officials said Thursday.

"We would be prepared to sign it right away/' said Fred Ore, Eastern Colorado area
manager for the bureau.

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Salazar Meets with Water Officials: On June 24 U.s. Sen. Ken Salazar met at
Colorado State University-Pueblo with area water providers and districts that have
been negotiating the Preferred Storage Options Plan for more than two years. Salazar
suggested a new approach that would allow a feasibility study of enlargement of Lake
Pueblo and Turquoise Lake, as proposed by PSOP, but without any of the
intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) attached. He also wants to study the feasibility of
building a multipurpose flood control, recreation and water supply dam on Fountain
Creek.

Salazar asked the negotiators to think about his proposal over the next two months,
while the Southeastern district researches to see if the proposal to shelve the

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