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San Juan/Dolores/San Miguel Basin Roundtable Technical Meeting #3 Meeting Summary Technical Meeting #3 Attendance - Raymond Snyder San Miguel Water Conservancy District Water Conservancy and Conservation Districts Philip Saletta Dolores Water Conservancy District Water Conservancy and Conservation Districts X Jim Formea Southern Ute Indian Tribe Indian Tribes X Technical Advisors Donald Schwindt Colorado Water Conservation Board Colorado Water Conservation Board X John Porter Basin Advisor X Janice Sheftel Basin Advisor X David Graf Division of Wildlife State Agencies X Ken Beeg les Division Engineer State Agencies X Rick Ryan Bureau of Land Management Federal Agencies Pat Page Bureau of Reclamation Federal Agencies X Kelly Pal mer U.S. Forest Service Federal Agencies X Rick Brown reviewed the agenda for the meeting. The agenda included: . A review of the SWSI process and status . Preliminary gap analyses . Overview of water supply alternatives performance measures . Development of alternatives . Anticipated activities and input requested from BRT members between now and BRT4 . Public comment 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. SWSI Process Rick Brown reviewed the overall SWSI project schedule, progress to date, and described the goals of this third BRT meeting. Feedback from the BRT members is summarized below. Rick pointed out that given the November 15 legislative deadline, it will be very difficult to fully evaluate transbasin alternatives. Consequently, the CWCB requested that SWSI identify some transbasin concepts, identify issues, and identify affected parties who may be included in future discussions. Preliminary Gap Analysis Kelly DiNatale presented the preliminary gap analysis for the San Juan/Dolores/San Miguel Basin which included an initial estimate of gap. The initial gap was calculated by subtracting current demand from future demand including 6 percent total demand reduction, which is expected to occur over the next 30 years as a result of "passive conservation." "Passive conservation" is defined in SWSI as the amount of conservation that is expected to occur from the use of low flow fixtures in both new and existing residential and commercial applications. Additional conservation savings will also be evaluated as a possible strategy for meeting some or all of the final remaining demand gap. Kelly explained that the short term projects (identified CDIVI 2 SJD BRT Mtg #3 Summary_Final 7-9-04.doc 7/9/2004