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<br />Addressing the Gap Technical Roundtable Meeting #2 <br />Meeting Summary <br /> <br />. SWSI estimates based on the best guess of one person, the state demographer. <br />. Issues are too complicated to move this fast. <br />. Will always need to refine data, a continuous process. <br />. Need to have discussions and plan for the future. <br />. At last meeting discussed that the gap was much larger. <br />. Believes gap will be higher. <br />. Gap solution will be a subset of IPPs. <br />. Real alternatives will be economies of scale. <br />. If looking at solutions for 25 percent uncertainty, must look at incremental solutions <br />especially with trans-basin. <br />. Did SWSI look at competition if one IPP is successful? <br />. 2030 was planning period <br />- Three major projects in planning, if all three IPPs are successful only will meet needs <br />through 2030-2035. <br />- Uncertainty could be 33 percent by looking at greater uncertainty. <br />- Also meet demands past 2030. <br />. Denver water success rate over last 25 years is 50 percent. <br />. Not practical for small entities to build large projects. <br />. Some double accounting of CBT. Other alternatives depend upon coordination. <br />. NISP assumes agriculture stays in business and can be exchanged. But there is competition <br />for these agricultural supplies. <br />. Demands will continue past 2030, so better to overestimate gap by a little bit. <br />. Danger in overestimating supply. <br />. Gap is regional in nature, large vs. small providers. <br />. No one disagrees on increasing need. <br />. Other TRTs are examining solutions. <br />. Handling on non-tributary pumping. <br />. Assumes current levels of GW pumping. <br />. Gap will be very large, need flexibility. <br /> <br />The following comments were received regarding information presented on agricultural <br />shortages: <br /> <br />. Don't look at lower producing lands or poor water quality. <br />. In areas where there is not industry or tourism, agriculture is the foundation for the <br />community - quality of life, tourism, etc. <br />. Can't prioritize, agricultural users prioritize cropping based on available supply. <br />. Don't prioritize, but look at agricultural components in new projects. <br />. Personal property debate on agricultural transfers. Market should be used. How does <br />agriculture pay for augmentation water? <br />. Look at projects that provide water for agriculture, can eventually be transferred to M&I use. <br />. How did SWSI 1 handle the agricultural transfer assumptions? <br />- SWSI educated people on extent of agricultural shortages; can't prioritize. Owe to <br />organization, that is look at solving M&I; don't cause harm to agriculture. Need to <br />understand impacts of reductions in return flows. Some agricultural users want to sell. Be <br /> <br />CDIVI <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />S:\SWSI 2\TRT Meeting - Specific\Addressing Gap\summary\Addressing Gap TRT #2 Summary.doc <br />