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finance, stream and lake protection, I1ood hazard identification and mitigation, weather <br />modification. river restoration. water conservation, drought planning, water information and water <br />supply protection. It is the sole entity which can receive grants of consel-~~ation easements of water <br />I1ows. It also administers giants from the Water Supply Reserve Account called for by SB 179. <br />Compact call. A call by Lower Basin States (California, Arizona and Nevada) thatwould require <br />Upper Basin States (Colorado. Utah. Wti-oming, and New Melico) to limit dig-•ersions from the <br />Colorado River and its tributaries. No Compact Call has ever been made. <br />Colorado River Compact -the 1922 agreement among the Colorado Basin States, and ratified by <br />Congress in 1929. It was based upon an assumption that the average animal I1ow in the Colorado <br />River at Lee Fern is at least 1 ~ million acre feet (maf), and that the Upper and Lower Basins would <br />each receive 7.5 maf, to be divided among the Basins as they agreed. The 1922 agreement was <br />predicated upon a concern that development in California was outpacing development in every <br />other Western state. and that California would appropriate most Colorado River water unless <br />changes were implemented to recognize the rights of each state to develop a certain amount of <br />water in their own time frame. <br />Conditional ~3°ater rights. Water rights that are not ~~et developed, but represent an intent to develop <br />for a specific purpose in the future. They establish a priority date over later granted ~~~ater rights. <br />Endangered Fish Recover~~ Program. Four fish, the Colorado pikeminnow, Razorback sucker, <br />Humpback chub, and Bonvtail, are listed as endangered species: they reside in the Colorado, <br />Yampa-White. and Ureen Ri~~°ers. <br />Ureen Mountain Pumpback. 300 cfs ~~-~ould be pumped from Ureen Mountain Reservoir to Dillon <br />Reser~~°oir with a ~~ield of 53,000 AF. This would permit Denver Water to divert more Dillon <br />Resel-~~oir water tlu ough the Roberts Tunnel to the North Fork of the South Platte. A new reservoir <br />is sited at Wolcott to hold 25,000 to 85.000 AF to replace releases that will no longer be made from <br />Green Mountain Reservoir down the Blue River. A pumping plant on the Eagle Rig--°er with 250 cfs <br />pumping capacity would fill the proposed Wolcott Reservoir. <br />Green River Pumpback. A proposal by Aaron Million to divert water from the Flaming Gorge <br />Reservoir on the Green River and pump it east along Interstate 80 and then south along Interstate 25 <br />to the Front Range. <br />House Bill 1177: Passed in 2005 ba the Colorado legislahue, this sets up nine roundtables around <br />in the follo~~;in~ drainages to discuss how to meet the water demands by rear 2030: <br />Western Slope Eastern Slope <br />Colorado Arkansas <br />Yampa-White Rio Grande <br />Gunnison North Platte <br />San Juan South Platte <br />Denver Metro Deleted: Z17im Polaan~It~,Colorado <br />~ BaaiuRouuitable~:CBRT`:~008~'_00~- <br />~ 03`:T-funrtes Feb X008 CBRT.doc <br />~ Deleted: +%'3n_oo8 <br />~' - <br />LLiterbasuiCompaatConuiutteeBasuiRonndtablesColotadol\linutea'1\IimrteyFeb 2008CBRT.do~ II i~ ~~I( ~ <br />