Colorado - Roaring Fork Watershed Plan Phase II_Re-submittal Water Activity Summary

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through the Roaring Fork Watershed Plan shall not impair or diminish existing water rights, absolute or conditional and shall clot impair Colorado's ability to develop its waters. Nome of the recor~mrerrdatiorrs, findings or proposals ~~~i11 challenge existing ~~~ater Icn~~ or ~~~ater rights rror ~~~i11 they restrict or impair the abdit~~ of~~~ater rights holders to use or dispose ofwater rights in any manner permitted rrr~rder• Colorado Icnv. Tire Ruedi Water and Po~~~er Authority does not hold ay?v ~~~ater rights nor does it have jurisdiction over any Ioca1 ~~~ater except for that amount ~~~hich the Authority contracts fi~orrr Ruedi Reservoir. In developing the Watershed Plan the Ruedi Water and Power Authority will not identify, recommend or include any legislation, regulations or policies ~~~lzich will diminish, in~pan•, or cause injury to any property or cont~~actrral right created by intergovernmental agreements, contracts, stipulations among parties to ~~~ater cases, ter°rus and conditions in ~~~ater° decrees, or any other similar document related to the allocation or use of~~~ater. Findings or r•ecournrendations ofthe Watershed Plan 1~~ill have rro force or effect in and of themselves butwill, rather, need to be adopted and enforced by local governments or ~~~ater uranagement agencies in order to be inrplenrerrted. The Rrredi Water and Power Authority carmot make commitments on behalf of its members but it ~~~ill urge those members to adopt these same parameters 1~~hen taking any actions pzrrsuant to implementation of the Watershed Plan ". The applicant has also redrafted the grant application to address staff's concerns over conformance with Section 37-75 -104 (2)(c). Specifically, the staff requested that the applicant address the bolded section of the following excerpt from the statute: "Using data and information from the Statewide Water Supply hutiative and other appropriate sources and in cooperation with the on-going Statewide Water Supply I<utiative, develop abasin-wide consumptive and nonconsumptive water supply needs assessment, conduct an analysis of available unappropriated waters within the basin, and propose projects or methods, both structural and nonstn~ctural, for meeting those needs and utilizing those unappropriated waters where appropriate. Basin Roundtables shall actively seek the input and advice of affected local governments, water providers, and other interested stakeholders and persons in establishing its needs assessment...." The applicant's redrafted language in the current a~lication is provided below "S'ection 37-7~-10-1 (2) provides for the strrcty ofwater needs and supplies ~~~ithin the respective basins of the Basin Round Tables and r°ecor~mrerzdatiorzs based on those studies. The Roaring Fork Watershed Plan is intended to carry out such a study and to provide such recor~mrendatiorrs on a smaller scale, that is, within the confines of the Roaring Fork Watershed. The Roaring Fork Watershed Plan will use ir~rfor•nration from the Statewide Water Supply Initiative, and many other sources, to assess local creeds and resources and to develop recommendations for matching needs ~~~ith available supplies. The Plan has already solicited the active input of local governments, ~~~ater urar7ager•s, stakeholders and interested citizens acrd will continue to do so in the course of Phase II of the Plan. The Plan has and will corrtimre to include the input of orrt-of-basin interests, including but not limited to, the Ti~~in Lakes Canal Company, the South East Water Conservancy District, and other agencies ~~~ith responsibilities beyond the Roaring Fork y'aJJey such as the Brrrearr of Reclamation, the Colorado Basin Roundtable (~~~hich has received r•egrdar°pr°ogress reports on the status ofPhase I of the Plan), the Arkansas and Metro Basirr Roundtables, the Colorado Division of Water Resources and the U. S. Forest Service. RWAPA ~~~i11 ask these beneficiaries and agencies to suggest and recomrrrend other entities who Wright have an interest in the process and outcomes of the Watershed Plan and ~~~ill provide those other entities ~~~ith inforrrration regarding the Plan and opportunities for input The entities named above have participated in public meetings associated ~~~ith the planning process and have provided feedback and data to the Plan. The planning process is intended to be inclusive, 8