Oct 9 South Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting Mi

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Eric Willcinson: Fred made presentation for South Platte Basin; helped break the ice to help them realize how water-short our basin is. Yampa's presentation: Tom Sharp: Chair of their Roundtable and on chair of CO Water Conservancy District and Yampa: Large tribs to Yampa that add significant amounts of flow: Ellc, Little Snake, Ellc Horn; no call downstream of Steam Boat; cooperation of users; and heavy water supply --concern now about energy development; more ag; additional reservoir development upstream of Steamboat Springs; they do not use the reservoirs they have but are continuing to build; good system of reservoirs; little demand on those reservoirs; they are concerned if there were a call on the CO River; they are junior if there were a call; they have solved for now ESA with Yampa partnership to address Endangered Species; major concerns: protect and preserve future water needs-60,000 ac ft; looking at bringing 20-30000 acft for irrigation; worried about wild and scenic rivers actBLMlitigation hinted at; concerned about rafting; and continuation of rafting industry in Dinosaur; passed out a resolution: Adopted by Steam Boat City Council and Upper Yampa WCD: oppose Northern's proposal for diversion of Yampa unless concerns met. Nevertheless, they saw a need to keep meeting, there needs to be a definition of compact curtailment process and procedures in case of CO River Call; saw advantages; there basin would need 60,000 acft of project yield; feel that they could enhance recreation; concerned about water quality in river; don't want to have the pipeline in that basin to be used as a mechanism to divert pre- compact ag water; Mike Shimmin: At the end we asked if they wanted to tallc some more and they said yes. Jim Yahn and Bill Jerlce: It went well. Bill: Tom Sharpe had a preconceived notion that there was someone who was fronting this... we let them lalow after two years on the roundtable, this is an idea, and if it is an idea that works, it must come from you. Roundtable process ... pointed out that all four projects that South Platte has supported have environmental components, municipal components, and ag components. They will present to their roundtable for further discussion. --Average annual acftl. l million acft unused out of state --this is almost like a system that is not administered --guys in Moffat County, they can't irrigate in later summer because they rely on the return flows that are immediate because of the narrow canyon; 5-6000 acft nui through canyon in may and June, then dry in August --they want 20,000 acres of potential ag development in Moffat county (wish list) Very positive meeting. Philo: Where is the reservoir: would be in Moffat Countyto the north and east of Maybell. 7