16d

• Board Meeting Date: 11/14/2007
• Description: CF Section - En-bloc Non-Reimbursable Investment Recommendations - Colorado River Augmentation
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLO~ZADO
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To: Colorado Water Conservation Board 'vtemhers
From: handy 5eaholm, Chief Water Supply Protectiony~
vale: November 3, 2007
Suhject: Agenda Item 16d, November 14-15, 2007 13nard \7eeting, Water Supply Planning
and Rinance Section, En-bloc ton-Reimbursable Investment Recommendations,
Colorado River _~ugmentation
On Pehruary 3, 2006 the Seven Colorado River Basin States' (7-States) provided Reclamation a
IcUCr that included a consensus preliminary proposal regarding Colorado River Lnterim Operations. In
that correspondence, the States also inforn7ed Reclamation t}Tat they would move fun;•ard on a parallel
track with a package uf~ther actions including along-term augmentation study. -[l7e 7-States authorized
the C'u{orado River Water Consultants to complete a technical evaluation of numerous options for both
short-term and IOng-term aufm7cntation of the Colorado Ricer System. T17at study is nearly complete and
the 7-States are considering how ro move forward. "Technical Committee members believe that the
overall approach should bee to take steps in the short term focusing nn options that can be implemented as
soon as possible to provide signi ticant augmentation 6}''020 and also begin further studies on long-term
actions that could increase the average water supply of the system by at least one million acre-feet per
year by 200. In addition, water operation and management actions should continue to focus on options
that will meet current and projected demands and reduce susceptibility to drought. I-he %-States
technical Committee will continue u) meet as appropriate to track and facilitate implementation nt this
Board start has lien participating m a joint study sponsored by the Southern tievada Water
Authority for the benefit of all ?-('nloradu River Basin States looking at many short-term and long-term
options Cur augmenting the water supplies of the Caloradu River System. T•wu potential short-tern?
augmentation options have been identified at this time as appropiate to move forward with, ucather
modification and tarnansk removal. As additumal augmentation projects are ldenutied for
implementation, the ('olorado River Bastn States have agreed to cost share in those et~'otts. This request
is to provide fur C'olorado's cost share in those efforts. The Culurtdn River Basin States will utilize these
augmtentation funds in conjunction with any federal dollars or dollars from other sources to fund work nn
the identified projects. 1'he overall purpose for this expenditure of S l SO,OC10 is to protect C'ulurado's
Compact apportionment.
wattr Supple Protection • Flood Prolrctlon • Stream & Lakr Prolretlnn • N'ater tiuppl)• Plsnntng 3 Flnanee
\Valcr Consenatinn 3 Uroughl Planning • Intraclate water Uanagrmenl K Dr~elopmenl