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Colorado Water for the 21St Century <br />Metro Roundtable -Meeting Minutes <br />June 11, 2008 4:00 - 6:15 PM <br />At the Denver Water Board Room <br />Doug Scott chaired the meeting. <br />Erich Hecox gave an update on the May IBCC meeting in Walden. The main focus was <br />on continuing the "visioning" process, developing a more robust vision statement, and <br />looking at technical work behind various strategies for moving forward with the work of <br />the IBCC. Chips Barry said that he is recommending that the IBCC adopt a statewide <br />"use only what you need" concept. He would also like to propose a statutory definition of <br />un-appropriated water that would exclude water owed by Colorado for interstate <br />compact deliveries. Specifically, he proposes astatutorily-mandated finding in each <br />basin by State Engineer concerning the amount of such un-appropriated water. There <br />was general discussion of this concept. <br />Barbara Biggs provided information on the Colorado Water Conservation Board's <br />activities. The CWCB approved a grant application by the Super Ditch in the Arkansas <br />River basin. The Upper Basin County Water Needs Assessment grant proposal was <br />also approved. <br />Tom Akers gave a short presentation on the proposed study concerning "Demonstration <br />of Membrane Zero Liquid Discharge Process for Drinking Water Systems". The Metro <br />Roundtable unanimously approved $50,000 from the Water Supply Reserve Account for <br />this project. <br />Jeff Shoemaker of The Greenway Foundation presented information concerning a <br />proposed feasibility study to identify habitat and recreation improvement alternatives. <br />He expects to make a funding request at the next Metro Roundtable meeting. <br />Sue Morea and Hal Simpson gave a summary, as an initial draft, of several topics <br />related to the consumptive needs assessment in the South Platte and Denver metro <br />area. There was discussion and comment by Roundtable members. Sue and Hal <br />reported that an updated draft report would probably be submitted within the next few <br />weeks. <br />Erich Hecox summarized water-related bills from the past legislative session. <br />Doug Scott gave an update of the status of Metro Roundtable member renewals. Doug <br />indicated that this is his last meeting as member and chairman. <br />Prepared by: Gary Thompson <br />July 3, 2008 <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />