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

· Water Quality - the River District may advocate for, and participate in, activities
that protect water quality to protect the future beneficial use of water.

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program: The spring 2007 Forum
meeting was held in Jackson Wyoming on June 5-6,2007. We made a final conceptual
recommendation to USDA regarding producer cost-share rates that will include both a
cost recovery component and an incentive payment based on tons of salt controlled and
continued participation in an Irrigation Water Management (IWM) program. The
details of this new two tiered payment structure must still be resolved before
implementation which is planned for Oct. 1,2007. It will likely effect salinity control
activities of the local Conservation Districts in Colorado, but we will be working with
the Colorado Dept. of Agriculture and USDA, to minimize any impacts and to
strengthen both the state and federal programs. USBR has begun the Basinwide Salinity
Program Review. Steve Miller from our staff will represent us on the Independent
Review Team. The review will allow the Work Group and Forum to make
recommendations for changes that will improve project development, comparison, and
implementation. Reclamation has also begun a multi-year update study of the Paradox
deep well brine injection project. The Forum determined to increase state assessments
by 25% over the next 3 years, beginning with a 10% increase to the July 2007
assessment.

Water Conservation Plans Approved and Disapproved: To date, the Office
of Water Conservation & Drought Planning (OWCDP) has approved four Water
Conservation Plans from water providers. They include:

. Castle Pines North Metropolitan District
. Town of Castle Rock
· Arapahoe County Water & Wastewater Authority
. City of Fort Lupton

The OWCDP has determined the Plans to be in accordance with S37-60-126 and the
CWCBJs Guidelines for the Office to Review Water Conservation Plans Submitted by
Covered Entities. Water providers may proceed with implementation of their Plans.

To date, the OWCDP has disapproved with modifications recently submitted Water
Conservation Plans from the City of Alamosa and Cherokee Metropolitan District.
Upon completion of a thorough evaluation, the OWCDP determined that the Plans did
not meet the minimum statutory requirements and are inconsistent with the Guidelines.
According to the CWCBJs Guidelines, the Alamosa and Cherokee should not proceed

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