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<br />~ <br /> <br />Everything that is sent to Roundtable participants and Basin Advisors should be posted on the <br />web site. <br /> <br />Comments on the Slide Show <br /> <br />Don't use the term "Environmental Enhancement" (p. 4). You can't really enhance the <br />environment. It was O.K. before we started modifYing it. "Restoration" is the proper term. <br /> <br />I agree with the CDOW member, about phreatophytes and native fish (p. 5). <br /> <br />I was struck by the connnents by water developers about what makes a project Tier 1 or not <br />Obviously the Tier system needs revision. <br /> <br />As one member noted, Rio Grande basin is missing from the first slide on p. 20. <br /> <br />I noted several places where Rick and Susan asked for more and better numbers. It's important to <br />realize our limitations. I'm not in a position to help with any of the specific requests, though. <br /> <br />Environmental and Recreational Flows, Alternative methodologies (sic) forwarded to CWCB (Ist <br />slide on p. 22). For many situations the R2 Cross method used by CWCB for quantifying instream <br />flows provides inadequate flows" If this situation is improved by the use of alternative or <br />supplemental methods; more water may have to remain in streams (a good thing, in my view). <br /> <br />Supply Methodology Basics (middle slide, p~ 23). I think I heard, "We're going to- look at 5 <br />places in each basin re supply and demand." !' d like to hear more about that.. <br /> <br />Put "non-tributary groundwater" in the glossary+ <br /> <br />Throughout the slide show and in SWSI text; "methodology'; (the study of methods) is used <br />where "method" is meant4 <br /> <br />Comments on the Weighting Objectives matrix <br /> <br />Because I don't agree completely with some of the objectives, I faced some difficult choices in <br />filling out the matrix. For example; "Sustainably Meet Agricultural Demands." If agriculture <br />didn't waste so llluch water, it would be easy to give it a 2, but it does, so I couldn't. <br /> <br />Provide for Environmental Enhancement. As mentioned above, Enhancement is not what we need <br />to do. Protect and/or Restore are more accurate wordsu . <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br /> <br />Protect Cultural Values. V/hich cultural values? <br /> <br />"Optimize" continues to be an ambiguous word4 <br />