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<br />San Juan/Dolores/San Miguel Basin Roundtable Technical Meeting #1 <br />Meeting Summary <br /> <br />The following comments regarding the demand methodology were received: <br /> <br />. Consider replacing acre-feet/year with acre-feet/month <br />. Instream flow - can't be in acre-feet/year <br />. Interest in seeing details behind the numbers <br />. An increase in population would affect irrigated acreage <br />. Disaggregating demands below county level, e.g., sub-basins, would be preferable <br />. Prefer sub-basin level aggregation of demands over county-level (especially agricultural) <br /> <br />Preparation for Basin Roundtable Meeting #2 <br /> <br />. Make sure people that were not here know they are to suggest projects and studies over the <br />next month <br />. Next Roundtable meeting February 10, 2004 from 2 - 8 p.m. in Durango <br /> <br />Public Comments <br /> <br />. There are periodic water related meetings planned in the basin, separate from SWSI - check <br />with Durango Public Library for more information <br />. Be aware of upcoming meeting on November 5 (9 a.m. at Recreation Center) regarding State <br />Engineer fees for water rights administration (SB278) <br />. Look at the use of coal bed methane discharges and related success stories <br />- Think/ talk about this - there may be a large volume and a potential for beneficial use of <br />this water <br />. Concern over River Trails Ranch development - SWSI should look at local zoning issues <br />. Water quality should be a component - e.g., treated wastewater discharge effects <br />downstream <br />. Should account for something like a new power plant in demand estimates. With significant <br />coal in this basin, it's possible. <br />. Videotaping by one individual of today's meeting is part of a "work in progress" <br />documentary being prepared on water management; operational flexibility appears to be a <br />common goal in all basins based on this individual's observation of SWSI roundtable <br />meetings <br />. Existing conflict with maintaining water rights - water rights are property rights and there <br />may be a conflict with the desire for flexibility <br />. Look at groundwater - not just surface water - and groundwater/ surface water interactions <br /> <br />CDIVI <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />SJD BRT Mtg #1 Summary-final.doc 11/14/2003 <br />