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--mid fifties: CO Thompson; increase in ag water use; dam constn~ction; mid 60s: <br />Roberts tunnel; 70s: Denver Water exchanges; non-tributaries being utilized; center <br />pivots; water conservation plans; 80s... increased in well augmentation plans; one of first <br />cities to look downstream...trans-basin component; <br />Slide that shows trends at Julesburg gage over time <br />Additional changes in water use and supplies: <br />More formal changes in adnunistration <br />Changes in precipitation <br />Changes in state engineer's authority concerning SWSPS <br />Winter <br />Gentleman's agreement no longer; <br />Continued transfer from ag to municipal <br />Six places on the river dry at the same time in 2007 <br />Call comparison: <br />November -thirty days to three days: drastic changes in how many days of call <br />160 changes of call each year now (used to be 40) <br />Farmers respond to changes <br />Changes in River Calls Over Time <br />--In past, general trend to more Jr rights <br />--Storm in Denver... windfall for downstream users <br />Districts 1, 2, 64 <br />--calls will become more senior; <br />--for firm yield of 40000 need to store 600000 <br />Sununary Changes in Administration and Calls along mainstream <br />--increase of senior calls <br />--river calls will return like back to seventies <br />--water conservation will increase <br />--need new supplies <br />--impacts to river down below <br />--changes in efficiencies have detriments to the river; return flow to river seriously <br />affected <br />Questions: <br />Harold Evans: Reason for asking for these enhancements; directed to Hecox. what we <br />need for needs assessment is quantitative nLUnbers; to be of value to us; we need focus on <br />numbers; what will the impact be? All municipality and industrial providers will use all <br />they have; need to quantify what is there and what will come out of the river; <br />From our needs assessment stand point: you have identified 49000 that can be moved; <br />now we want to 1c~1ow how many people want to use that 49000 and how much do they <br />7 <br />