April 8 08 South Platte Basin Roundtable Meeti

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: South Platte April 08 Minutes
• Date: 4/8/2008
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

--Methodology: look at attributes, priorities and quantification
--Non-consumptive Needs Assessment Methodology: Graph
--Rick Brown: opines that most of the shortages are occurring where beneficial use being
diverted; therefore, need to speak of these things concurrently.
Integration of Consumptive, Non-consumptive and Supply Availability Needs:
--Completion of non-consumptive needs assessment will influence meeting in-basin and
statewide needs;
--Completion of consumptive needs assessment will influence how we address non-
consumptive needs;
--Addressing consumptive and non-consumptive needs will assist us in developing
probability of risk analysis under the water supply availability study
Addressing the Gap
--Meeting water supply needs in every basin;
--address M&I gap;
--Picked cn~cial gap areas (shown on maps)
--See tools in SWSI
Potential for Uncertainty is clear
Building alternatives to:
Stn~ctural projects, conservation, alternative to permanent dry-up, environmental / rec
needs
Path Forward: Can agreement be reached to discuss and evaluate concepts? How can the
state move forward? Development of CWCB partnership projects; alternative ag water
transfers; CO River Water Availability Study; Statewide Analysis
Path Forward:
Needs Assessment: non-consumptive, consumptive, analysis of unappropriated water,
propose projects to needs; if we can do this: then move forward with...
Rick Brown leaving board on June 6.
Bill Jerke: Questions:
Non-consumptive needs: how will these work vis a vis the state? Understand that the
right to water for beneficial use shall not be deiced: how will non-consumptive and
consumptive needs come together?
Rick Brown: Opines that we need to promote both in a collaborative way; for instance,
you can establish an in-stream flow-then, look at an agreement on cooperative
contractual arrangement basis.
Tom Iseman: We do not look at this as being protected; rather that this is a tool that we
could use to make decisions about water supply projects that could meet multiple goals;
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