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• Board Meeting Date: 3/18/2008
• Description: WPFM Section - Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project - Water User Redistribution Agreement
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Deneer, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
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TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members Bill Ritter, Jr.
Goeernor
FROM: Tom Browning, Section Chief xatY7~ D. sl~ernan
DNR Executiee Director
DATE: March 10, 2008 Jennifer L. Gimbel
cwcB Directors
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 24, March 18-19, 2008 Board Meeting Dan McAuliffe
Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project -Water User cwcB Deputy Dire~t~r
Redistribution Agreement
Background
The purpose of the Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project (Project) is to in~~estigate the
feasibility of converting flood control storage space in Chatfield Reservoir, owned by the U.S.
Arlny Corps of Engineers, into joint-use water supply storage space for municipal, industrial, and
agricultural uses and for incidental ecosystem enhancement in the South Platte River. An original
consortium of 16 Water Users entered into Letters of Commitment (Contracts) with the CWCB
related to the reallocation of storage space in reservoir. The Contracts established an equitable
distribution of the proposed 20,600 acre-foot storage space based on an agreement developed and
endorsed by the 16 Water Users. The Water Users were di~~ided into an upstream group and
downstream group to facilitate the distribution process.
At its July 2007 meeting in Craig, the CWCB approved an agreement on behalf of the Water
Users to redistribute 100 AF of storage space relinquished by one of the Water Users, Hock
Hocking, LLC. The redistribution was handled in accordance with the procedures outlined in the
Contracts.
Currently, Parker Water & Sanitation District (PWSD) has notified the CWCB in writing of its
intent to relinquish its 2,000 AF of allocated space in the reservoir. Once again, the Water Users
(now 15) are in the process of de~~eloping a redistribution agreement for consideration and
appro~~al by the Board.
Staff Recommendation
At the time of this printing, final documents related to the proposed redistribution by Water
Users were not available. Staff will update the Board on latest developments regarding the
relinquished storage space by PWSD. Pending development of the necessary documents, Staff
will ask the Board to approve agreements/exhibits for the redistribution of storage space in
Chatfield Reservoir.
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