Minutes June 2007 CBRT _2_

• Basin Roundtable: Colorado
• Title: June Meeting Minutes
• Date: 6/25/2007
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

Conditional water rights. Water rights that are not yet developed, but represent an intent to
develop for a specific purpose in the future. They establish a priority date over later granted water
rights.
Endangered Fish Recovery Program. Four fish, the Colorado pikeminnow, Razorback sucker,
Humpback chub, and Bonytail, are listed as endangered species; they reside in the Colorado,
Yampa-Wlute, and Green Rivers.
Green River Pumpback: A proposal by Aaron Million to divert water from the Flaming Gorge
Reservoir on the Green River and pump it east along Interstate 80 and then south along Interstate
25 to the Front Range.
House Bill 1177: Passed in 2005 by the Colorado legislature, this sets up nine roundtables around
in the following drainages to discuss how to meet the water demands by year 2030:
Western Slope Eastern Slope
Colorado Arkansas
Yampa-White Rio Grande
Gunnison North Platte
San Juan South Platte
Denver Metro
HB OS-1177 pernuts basins to study and implement voluntary transfers between basins in
Colorado, while reaffirming existing water rights and the prior appropriation system. It states in
relevant part:
37-75-102. Water rights -protections. (1) It is the policy of the General Assembly that the
current system of allocating water within Colorado shall not be superseded, abrogated, or
otherwise impaired by this article. Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to repeal or in any
manner amend the existing water rights adjudication system. The General Assembly affirms the
State Constitution's recogiution of water rights as a private usufn~ctuary property right, and this
article is not intended to restrict the ability of the holder of a water right to use or to dispose of
that water right in any mamler permitted under Colorado law.
In-stream flow. A flow rate appropriated by the Colorado Water Conservation Board which
represents the amount of water deemed necessary to protect the environment to a reasonable
degree. This determination takes into consideration the availability of water under water rights
administered. An kZ-Stream Flow right is administered in priority, along with all other water
rights on the stream.
Maybell Pump Back: A proposal by the Northern Water Conservancy District to pump water from
the Yampa River to the Eastern Slope.
NCNA. Non consumptive needs assessment conducted pursuant to HB 1177 to determine the
amount of water needed to meet environmental and recreational uses.
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