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<br />replacements as they occur and adjust or curtail pumping accordingly, This can <br />offer some relief to some challenging augmentation plans. <br /> <br />Dave Miller - President of Natural Energy Resources Company (provided <br />handouts <br />http://www.aq.state.co.us/comm issioner/southplatte/davem illerletter,pdf; <br />http://www.aq.state.co.us/comm issioner/southplatte/articlesubm ittedbvdavem iller, <br />QQf; <br />http://www.aq.state.co.us/com m issioner/southplatte/davem illerw hitepaper, pdf; <br />http://www.aq.state.co.us/com m issioner/southplatte/davem illerlettertomavorrivera <br />JWf) <br />The Central Colorado Project is a new way of thinking about storage, <br />Concept is to use two existing Federal reservoirs, the Blue Mesa and Taylor <br />Park, and the new off-river reservoir, Union Park, all in the Upper Gunnison <br />basin, None of this water has been developed, It's a federal water right that is <br />available for upstream development. Capability of storing (using advanced <br />pump-storage technology) and the gravity can move it to Colorado's five major <br />river basins when and where it is needed, It is a whole new way of looking at <br />storage, apply this water where the demands are the greatest; use the water to <br />recharge aquifers, There is plenty of water in Colorado that is flowing to other <br />states, giving our future away. The Task Force should change way they think <br />about storage and way think about water, He has a new paradigm solution that <br />has been ignored too long, The Task Force should take look at this project and <br />use in-house people without spending any outside dollars; will prove that water at <br />high altitudes has a much greater value than a traditional storage project. The <br />total package is about $4,5 billion and could come out of SWSI funds or <br />Roundtable funds, Suggests study be funded to compare this project with <br />Yampa pumpback, Flaming Gorge project, Big Straw and Gunnison pumpback, <br /> <br />Tom Cech - Manager of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District in <br />Greeley <br />Group involved with the well shut down last year and awaiting word from <br />local district judge on the fate of the new group that they took to court this spring, <br />He agrees with what Don Chapman from Riverside said and stated that it makes <br />a lot of sense. The Task Force should look at engineering assumptions that are <br />used in Water Court applications that are considered to be proven and accepted <br />by the parties involved in terms of good public policy, Recommendations: need <br />more water storage; dredging reservoirs, improvements to reservoirs, financial <br />assistance from the State of Colorado; ground water recharge downstream of <br />Greeley or downstream of Kersey on existing ditch systems; history is a good <br />teacher, legal fairness doctrine (keep things as they are) using a 10 million acre- <br />feet aquifer so that senior water rights are not injured and ground water pumping <br />is maintained. Suggested that the Task Force assign someone to look into how <br />much water is in the aquifer, how much is usable, how much is sustainable, and <br />can it be utilized without injuring senior water rights, <br /> <br />- 6 - <br />