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• Board Meeting Date: 11/18/2007
• Description: IWMD Section - Statewide Water Supply Initiative - Phase 2 Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
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Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Harris D. Sherman
DNR Executive Director
FROM: Rick Brown
Intrastate Water Mana ement and Plannin Dan McAnhtfe
g g Acting CWCB Director
DATE: November 14, 2007
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 4, November 14-15, 2007 Board Meeting
Interstate Water Management and Development -Statewide Water Supply
Initiative -Phase 2 Report
Background
In 2003 the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) directed staff to begin work on two
important studies: the Colorado River Return Study (CRRS) and the Statewide Water Supply
Initiative (SWSI). These two studies were significant in that they both had a focus on identifying
and evaluating how Colorado can provide and adequate water supply for our citizens and the
environment. The studies differed in that SWSI had a broader and long-term focus, and it was
the Board's intent to incorporate the finding of CRRS once solutions or alternatives were
identified and evaluated as part of SWSI.
At the July and September 2004 Board meetings staff presented a status of SWSI and discussed
the steps needed to prepare a report to meet the legislative deadline of November 2004. At
those meetings staff was requested to finalize the report and to schedule future work, including
evaluations of solutions or alternatives, in a second Phase of SWSI.
This agenda item will present the final draft of the Phase 2 SWSI report. The Board will receive
a copy of the report via Federal Express on November 10~`. Over the last tvoo years the Board
has received periodic updates of the progress of Technical Roundtables (TRTs) that were formed
to evaluate:
- Water Conservation and Efficiency
- Alternative Agricultural Transfer Methods
- Environmental and Recreational Needs
- Addressing the 20 % municipal and industrial water need (gap between current supplies
and future need), agricultural shortages, recreational and environmental needs
Water Supply Protection • Fload Protection • Stream & Lake Protection • Rater Supply Planning & Finance
Water Conservation & Drought Planning • Intrastate Water Management & Development