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Glossary 1082 water. The Bureau of Reclamation designated 10,82 acre feet in Ruedi Resel-~~oir as being available to support the Endangered Fish Reco~°erv Program (EFRP). This was discussed at the November 2006 CBRT meeting. In an agreementscheduled to elpire 12/31/09, Denver Water has voluntarily released '/z of that amount. or x,412.5 cfs, from Williams Reservoir. and the Colorado Kit-er Water conservation District has released the remailiilig 5,412.5 cfs Iiom Wolford Reservoir. If the agreement is not ehtended beyond 2009, prior water project appro~°als which permitted water appropriations from the Colorado River may not comply with the Endangered Species Act, and may be called into question. 20% Uap. The CBRT created the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) to study long term water needs in Colorado. SWSI Phase 1 determined that by 2030, there would be 20% greater demand than supplies elisting in 2005: this is known as the 20% Uap. Blue Mesa Pump Back. A proposal to drill a tulmel below the Collegiate Range to transport water Iiom Blue Mesa Reservoir on the Gumlison River to the Eastern Slope. Blue Rig-•er Decree. A conditional water right granted to Denver Water to withdraw water Iiom Dillon Reservoir through the Roberts Tunnel alto the North Fork of the South Platte River. CBRT: Colorado Basin Roundtable CDM: Camp. Dresser. McKee, the engineering film selected by CWCB to assist the Roundtables in pel~fonn the needs assessment called for in Section 35 75-104(2)(c). CRS (as created in HB 1177). Colorado Water Conservation Board: This is an agenc~~ of the State. ~3•ith board appointed b~~ the governor. It was created in 1937 for the purpose of aiding in the protection and development of the waters of the state. The agenc~~ is responsible for water project planning and finance, stream and lake protection,. I1ood hazard identification and mitigation, weather modification, river restoration. water consel-~-ation, drought planning, water information and water supply protection. It is the sole entity which can receiz~°e grants of conservation easements of water I1ows. It also administers grants Iiom the Water Supple Reserve Account called for by SB 179. Compact call. A call bti- Lower Basin States (California. Arizona and Nevada) that would require Upper Basn1 States (Colorado. Utah, Wyoming, and New Melico) to limit diversions from the Colorado River and its tributaries. No Compact Call has ever been made. The Colorado River Compact is the 1922 agreement among the Colorado Basile States. and ratified by Congress ni 1929. It was based upon an assumption that the a~ erage annual I1ow in the Colorado River at Lee Ferr~~ is at least 1 ~ million acre feet (maf), and that the Upper and Lower Basins would each receive 7.5 maf, to be divided among the Basins as they- agreed. The 1922 agreement was predicated upon a concern that development in California was outpacing development in every other Western state, and that California «-~ould appropriate most Colorado Kit°er water unless peietea: c-~Documenr ana changes ~3°ere implemented to recognize the rights of each state to develop a certain amount of ~ settn~„~~~<~n~ ~~in~~i Settnie, Tempuary~ Internet \vatel ICI thelC OAvll tllne Iralne. File <~Lh6D`Tlnrutes 7u1~ "'00? CBRT doc Conditional water rights. Water rights that are not vet developed, but represent an intent to ~ ~eieted: ~;i ~~oo, ~, ;' I: Intarbnsin Compnet Conuiuttee Bngm Ronndtnblee ColoradoAlinntey 3007 AlimrteN Jnly 30U7 CBRT.do~ g ~~ I ~~. J------'