YWG_BRT_Mtg_4_Summary

• Basin: Yampa/White/Green
• Title: Meeting Summary 4
• Date: 8/11/2004
• SWSI - Doc Type: Summaries

Yampa/White/Green Basin Roundtable Technical Meeting #4
Meeting Summary

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Thomas Sharp Colorado Water Conservation Board Colorado Water Conservation Board X
John Fetcher Basin Advisor X
David Graf Division of Wildlife State Agencies X
Bob Plaska Division Engineer State Agencies X
Melissa Trammell Dinosaur National Monument Federal Agencies X

1 Substitute attended

Sue More~ reviewed the agenda for the meeting. The agenda included:

. A review of the SWSI process and status
. Final gap analysis, demand revisions and determination of gap by subbasin or county
. Water supply availability at determined locations
. Alternatives development, importance of identified options and processes, and options
scoring. Additionally, transbasin concepts were discussed in the North Platte and
Yampa/White/Green Basins.
. Implementation using partnering and overview of various funding sources
. SWSI Wrap-Up including post-November activities
. SWSI Public presentation
. Public comment session

Copies of the presentation materials were distributed to BRT members. Comments and
questions received throughout the meeting were recorded on flip charts and are included in the
meeting notes below. The summary is not intended to be a verbatim account and answers to the
questions are not always summarized here. The purpose of the summary is to provide an
overview of the process and the general tenure of the meeting.

SWSI Update

Rick Brown presented the SWSI update. Since BRT Meeting #3, the team has refined the gap
analysis, scored options for the development of alternatives including environmental and
recreation alternatives, completed the analysis of supply, evolved conservation savings, and
have been working on report preparation. Rick also requested BRT feedback on the desired
message the basin would like SWSI to communicate to the Legislature, the overall value of the
SWSI process, what has been answered, what has not, and requested input on moving forward.

Final Gap Analysis

Kelly DiNatale presented the final gap analysis numbers for the Yampa/White/Green Basin
and how the gaps were determined using the demand revisions. Kelly also reviewed the
statewide demand figures, including an estimate of the remaining gross demand shortfall, or
gap. The general locations of the remaining gap for each basin were also presented, as well as
the additional uncertainty with the planned projects and processes going forward. Where
applicable for each basin, provider level data were obtained and these were discussed along
with general supply options. The estimated gross demand shortfall was reviewed on a county
level for the Yampa/White/Green Basin, along with more specific information on the areas of

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