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4) look at providing flexibility in providing excess augmentation <br />credits <br />5) looking at ability to support water entities that might want to <br />look at federal conservation programs <br />6) reconul7end to General Assembly that it be clearly stated that <br />1974 would be beginning date for beginning past pumping <br />depletions...this is when legislation said augmentation had to be <br />done; thus what is reasonability of past depletions <br />7) support for reallocation of Chatfield storage <br />8) revisit water baiilcing on state wide basis <br />9) continued support for 07122 to provide alternatives for ag dry-up <br />Not approved: request for moratorium to give water pumping wells <br />time to get into water court; voted down: 3 for and 20 against <br />Fundamental issue is that wells are under priority system; most were <br />drilled in SOs, 60s, 70s ... puts them very junior if they want to <br />divert out of priority; current law says they must divert per time, <br />amount, and priority <br />Joint Water Resource Conunittee will meet tomorrow. <br />Historical context: <br />1974: Big Thompson water: $40/per unit; now $9500 per uiut; equal <br />in other jurisdictions; <br />1974 corn: $3.06/bushel; 2006: $3.26/bushel <br />Illustrates challenge in finding aug water; also, if an individual well <br />owner had resources to acquire water, where would it come from? <br />From another ag source. Thus, good dialogue, hard work to find <br />solutions; yet, no "grand slam" for those whose wells were shut. <br />Hecox: Director Sherman will be appearing before committee tomorrow on <br />Interbasin compact process; please come to hear Dept's priorities vis a vis <br />interbasin process; and interaction between coal bed methane and water <br />Jerke: Would like now for IBCC members to introduce themselves: <br />Jolu1 Porter; Live in Cortex; rep SW district on IBCC; really think that the basin <br />round tables is a benefit for us; 9 separate rivers that flow out of state; this gives <br />us a chance to get together and touch base with each other; very beneficial; have <br />learned very much; has visited four or five other roundtables; seems like your <br />problems are tougher; <br />Wayne Brandisher: Governor's appointee with IBCC; sitting in for Kevin Luske <br />out of basin from CO Springs... Kevin back next month <br />