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• Board Meeting Date: 7/11/2007
• Description: IWMD Section - Colorado's Future Water Supply Needs - Update on Consumptive and Non-Consumptive Workgroups
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of N aturaI Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
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MEMORANDUM

Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor

To:

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Harris D, Sherman
Executive Director

From:

Rick Brown, Todd Doherty, Eric Hecox
Intrastate Water Management & Development

Dan McAuliffe
Acting CWCB Director

Date:

July 12, 2007

Subject:

Agenda Item 22, July 11-12 Board Meeting,
CoIOl'ado's Future Watel' Supply Needs - Update and Path FOI"ward on Consumptive
and Non-consumptive Work Groups

Attached to this memorandum are three documents:
. A summary of observations regarding Colorado's future water supply needs,
. A summary of staff's initial approach to evaluating non-consumptive water needs,
. A summary of staff's initial approach to evaluating consumptive water needs,

The Board will be provided with an overview of these documents and will be asked for input on the direction
proposed by staff. As we proceed forward in defining and proposing solutions to Colorado's future water
supply needs it is important that we maintain both a focus on the grass roots Basin Roundtable process and
provide a fOlUm for conducting statewide analysis and SUPPOlt to the Basin Roundtables, This will help us
develop a common technical platform for analysis and help ensure that we move forward in a consistent and
integrated manner, The proposed process is designed to accomplish these goals and to integrate SWSI and
the Interbasin Compact Process,

It should be noted that the Non-consumptive work group met last month while the consumptive work group is
scheduled to meet on August 1 in Denver, The August 1 st meeting provides a tremendous opportunity for the
work group to assist the Governor, DNR/CWCB and the Interbasin Compact Committee in helping frame and
support the water supply objectives that have been articulated by Governor Ritter.

No fOlmal action is requested of the Board at this time,

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