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Arkansas Basin Roundtable Technical Meeting #1 <br />Meeting Summary <br />4. Maximize Implementability <br />Draft Subobjectives Presented <br />^ Optimize options for technical, legal, institutional, political, economical, and environmental <br />implementability <br />^ Maintain compliance with Compacts <br />Comments <br />^ A roundtable member cautioned that SWSI should not try to fix all problems with one <br />solution. <br />5. Support Recreational Needs <br />Draft Subobjectives Presented <br />^ Provide instream flows for in-channel recreational uses <br />^ Provide adequate reservoir levels for flatwater recreation <br />^ Operate reservoirs to serve multiple purposes <br />Comments <br />^ The ability to predict water flows will help recreational interests because industries like <br />rafting need to know when water will be available. This is particularly important because the <br />state, as part of promoting tourism, touts the ability to raft in Colorado through August. If the <br />state promises rafting to people, then the rafting industry must deliver. And the industry can <br />do a better job delivering if flows can be predicted. <br />^ The Arkansas River voluntary flow program was cited as an example of how the movement <br />of water for municipal purposes can also benefit recreation. <br />6. Provide for Environmental Protection <br />Draft Subobjectives Presented <br />^ Protect fisheries/aquatic life <br />^ Minimize environmental impacts associated with new projects <br />^ Enhance riparian habitat <br />Comments <br />^ Protect and improve water quality <br />7. Minimize Costs <br />Draft Subobjectives Presented <br />^ Minimize the total lifecycle costs <br />^ Maximize the ability of users to repay costs <br />~~ <br />Copy ofArkansas BRT Mtg #1 Summary_fnal.doc 11/14/2003 <br />