Oct 9 South Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting Mi

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: October 07 Minutes
• Date: 10/9/2007
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

together different groups to do control work on ground. Focus on Best
Management practices.
Legislative Report: Water Resource Review Committee has been
meeting regularly; by next week will approve bills they will bring up.
Brought up two of the items on the South Platte Task Force;
Severance Tax meeting indicates fewer dollars; CWCB, Division of Water
Resources receive their fiinding from Severance Task.
• Update on South Platte Task Force: None
• Walt Knudsen: South Platte Basin Roundtable Overview
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II 4:30: Veva McCaig with CWCB discussed the state's water conservation program and
a collaborative iiutiative to develop water conservation metrics as means to measure
success in meeting statewide goals for water conservation.
Water Conservation klitiatives, Grants, and Measuring v Conservation Success.
1) Senate Bill 8-went into effect; took water efficiency grant program created in 2004
and broadened opportunities for other activities: now not only water conservation
activities but drought mitigation, and implementation of these plans.
Senate Bill 8 infused more money into the grant program; to date, $3 nullion still in
purse. Implementation grants coming in from $80,000 up; thus, planning and
implementation are beginning to take place.
Senate Bill 8 extended sunset from 2008 to 2012; if people interested in these funds, and
making applications; could see it extended.
Originally, water providers: Eligibility to get to the money is now for anyone. Thus,
seeing smaller grant applications coming in and smaller utilities taking advantage of this
money;
Conservation plan must be in place before loan money can be released. Awards dispersed
in 4-6 weeks.
2) SWSI Round Two: White paper is being finalized; will be before board in
September.
3) Smaller to bigger conservation easements.
4) Conservation is on level playing filed along with building reservoirs;
5) Looked at potential for "too much conservation"; time to reevaluate how this has
been done in past.
State will look at vulnerability statewide for drought impact.
Developing of water conservation metrics; water providers would be willing to
provide data
BMB: Best Management Practices;
Grant applications: 2 units of measurements: Start in Metro area.
Lots of input from mayors on how data will be used.
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