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Arkansas, Metro, and South Platte Joint Roundtable Meeting <br />November 13, 2007 <br />Roundtable Members: Arkansas -Alan Hamel; Metro -Doug Scott; South Platte -Bill Jerke <br />Welcome <br />^ Alan Hamel -Welcomed Arkansas Roundtable members. <br />- Explained Arkansas Basin both importing and exporting <br />^ Peter Binney -Welcomed Metro Roundtable members. <br />- All of the water uz Metro Basin is comuzg from somewhere else. <br />- Solve problems by crisis or a more proactive way. <br />- Generally 2/3 of state's sales tax >lz Metro region. <br />- Metro is outside of Denver 85% of growth is outside of Denver. Need to look at additional <br />water coming across the Divide. <br />- Can we look at water availability around t11e state and look at Metro basal compacts? Is <br />there a block of water we can move around? <br />^ Bill Jerke -Welcomed South Platte Pow~dtable members. Acknowledged other basins from <br />West Slope <br />- Weld County agriculture threatened. Morgan, Logan very productive ag counties. <br />- How to move beyond buy and dry of agriculture; very encouraged by this process. <br />Framing the Discussion -Harris Sherman <br />- 2.8M more people by 2030 u1 Colorado <br />- 2.4M more people by 2030 on Colorado Front <br />P ange <br />- 85 to 90 percent water goes to agriculture <br />- $16B/yr. industry <br />Municipal & hdustrial <br />Agriculture <br />- Water starting to shift from ag to urban <br />- Energy Development -Second largest natural gas producing state. Oil shale may become <br />the largest industrial chapter >IZ Colorado's history. <br />• Enormous electrical needs 1-1/ 2 tunes current need. <br />• 6,000 new permits <br />• 33-34,000 active oil and gas permits <br />• Up to 100,000 new wells uz next 15 years. <br />- Recreation & Tourism - $8.5 billion uzdustry relies on adequate water. <br />• Nonconsumptive uses very important. <br />• 8,000 miles ulstream flow, 500 lakes, 11 PICDs. <br />~~ <br />