Colorado - Roaring Fork Watershed Plan Phase II_Application

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.~ Consumptive project or activity :~K Nonconsu~nptive praj ect ar activity ~ Structural or nonstructural water pro"ect or activity 2. Describe how the water activi meets these Threshold Criteria 1. The water activity meets the el igihility requirements outlined in Fart 2 of the Criteria and Cr'uidelines As a government body organized under applicable State statutes, the Ruedi water and Power Authority is clearly eligible to apply for finds and to adnvnister those funds in pursuit of any eligible water activity. Since the watershed Plan is a study of local structural, non structural, consumptive, and non-consumptive needs, it is clearly eligible as de~.ned in the Criteria and guidelines ~. The water activity is consistent with Section 3.5-75-IOZ Colarado .devised ~"tatutes. The Roaruag Fork watershed~Plan was deemed to comply with Section 35-75-102 Colorado Revised Statutes in the course of being awarded funding from the water Supply Reserve Account ~. 2Qd~~2447. Phase B of the watershed Plan is not substantially different from Phase 1 that was funded under the previous grant, in terms of its eligibility. Phase Il will consist of the establishment of planning goals and objectives through a public process, a determination ofbasin-wide water needs and available supplies, and recon~mea~dations of actions, policies and prof ects intended to maintain. local water quality and quantity and provide appropriate water supplies far identified needs. None of the recommendations, findings or proposals will challenge existing water law ar water rights nor will they restrict or impair the ability of water rights holders to use or dispose of water rights in any manner permitted under Colarado law. The Ruedi water and Power Authority does not hold any water rights nor does it have jurisdiction over any local water except for that amount which the Authority contracts from Raedi Reservoir. Therefore, any findings or recona~nendations of the watershed .Plan will have no force or effect in and of themselves but will, rather, need to be adapted and enforced by local governments or water management agencies ~. order to be implemented. 3. The water activity underwent an evaluation and approval process and was approved by the .Basin .roundtable, etc To be determined by the action of the Colorado Basin Roundtable, the question to be taken up at the BRT meeting of November 2G, 207. 4. The water activity meets the provisions of Sect~'on 37 75-1442}, C.S. Section 3775-1042}provides for the study of water needy and supplies within the respective basins of the Basin Round Tables and recommendations based on those studies. The Roaring Fork watershed Plan is intended to carry out such a study and to provide such recomanendatians on asmaller scale, that is, within the con:~n.es of the Roaring Fark watershed. The Roaring Fork watershed Plan will use information franc the Statewide water Supply Initiative, and many other sources, to assess local needs and resources and to develop recommendations for matching needs with available supplies. The Plan has already solicited the active input of local governments, water managers, stakeholders and interested citizens and will continue to do so in the course of Phase lI of the Plan. The results of the Plan will be made available while in progress and when complete to the Colorado Basin Roundtable and the public at large.