Minutes Jan 200 CBRT final

• Basin Roundtable: Colorado
• Title: Colorado basin January 08 Minutes
• Date: 1/28/2008
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

IBCC Colorado River Basin
Minutes of Meeting on January 28, 2008
Discussing Colorado River Compact Shortage Criteria, Eagle v. Denver settlement
1. Next Meeting: Monday, February 28, Glenwood Springs Community Recreation Center,
1:00 to 4:00.
a. Discussion of water needs for energy development, Greg Trainor.
b. Harris Sherman requested members of the IBCC committee to conul7ent on whether the
IBCC process is worl~ing, and Stan Cazier will lead a discussion of this.
2. Approve December meeting minutes. The December 17, 2007 minutes were not distributed
before the January meeting, so they will be approved at the February 2008 meeting.
Reporter: These minutes were prepared by Ken Ransford, Esq., CPA, 970-927-1200,
kenransford~comcast.net.
4. Upcoming meetings:
a. February 13: CWCB will have an Ili-Stream Flow workshop in Denver, likely at the Division of
Wildlife office.
b. April CBRT: Grand County Stream Management Plan will be discussed.
5. Jim Pokrandt is the new CBRT Chair -Dave Merritt is resigning as chair since he will be
opening a Glenwood Springs office for the engineering company HDR. Jim Pokrandt of the
CRWCD was elected as the new CBRT chairperson.
6. Report from other Roundtables -None.
7. Non Consumptive Needs Analysis Committee. The NCNA committee met prior to the CBRT
meeting. They discussed using the Watershed Flow Evaluation Tool for pilot studies on the
Roaring Fork and Eagle Rivers since so much data is already available on these rivers. If
successful, it could be used on other rivers in the state which don't have so much data, such as
the Colorado River between Kremmling and Dotsero. No decision has been made on which
rivers to study.
8. Consumptive Needs Analysis Committee. Mike Wageck reported that the committee has not
met since its initial meeting in 2007. Some basins refiise to attend because they do not want to
relinquish any additional water.
9. Agricultural Subcommittee Report. Mel Rettig reported on an agricultural water sununit
meeting held in Denver in December. A white paper was presented that concluded that increased
irrigation efficiency would decrease return flows. Alan Martellero of the Colorado Division of
Water Resources mentioned that when water is transferred from agricultural to mulucipal uses,
the impact on return flows is not considered. Rachel Richards commented that we need
additional research on the effect that agricultural transfers will have on decreasing the water table
and effect on well users. Dave Merritt mentioned that this is very site specific. 111 the Arkansas
Valley, where the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is promoting increased
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