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Metro Basin Roundtable <br /> <br />r. Rick Brawn <br />Section thief, Intrastate V1~ater Management Bevela~ment <br />olarada IlVater onservatian Baard <br />~ ~~~ Lawn Strut, Suite ~~~ <br />~en~rer, ~ ~~ <br />Bear Mr~ Browny <br />The I~letro Basin Roundtable ~BRT} has determined that the resal~ring the South Metre <br />`gap' is an issue facing the Metro Basin, bit many Frant Range vuater providers in the <br />Sauth r~latte and -~rl~ansa Basins In ~0~, the alorado ~IVater anservatian Baard <br />~B} eempleted the Statewide water Supply Initiative ~SwSI~. That stud} included <br />estir~ates of unmet water demands in the South Platte Basin vuill be e~rer 4~~,~~~ aerey <br />feet through ~~, with over ~,00~ acre-feet of "gaps' between projected r~unioipal and <br />industrial ~vater demands and a~railable water supplies remaining after identified projeots <br />and processes are irr~plemented. SISI estirr~ated that by ~~ appreimately 4~,~g~ <br />F of this gap was in the south 11lletro Ben~rer area, vuhich has been one of the fastest <br />growing regions in the state and nation far aver a decade, This ~4,g~~ F gap was <br />bawd ors assumption that e~istin levels of ~reundwater purnpir~g could cantinas <br />indefinitely rota the future. liven this baokgraund, it is appropriate and opportune far a <br />study to be undertaken to more accurately e~raluate the lil~ely irnpaot of continued <br />reliance an the non-renewable ground rater supplies in the seuth Metro Benver area <br />and to e~piore more coordinated regianal,management of this lOreciaus resa~rce. <br />At the March 12, 2008 Metro BRT meeting, the membership noted to recommend <br />funding for the South Metro Water Supply Authority Regional Aquifer Supply <br />Assessment. The BRT recommended that $100,540 of the project cost be allocated <br />from the Metro Basin Water Supply Reserve Account. The By-Laws of Metro BRT <br />require a simple majority vote of those Members present for any action to be taken by <br />the Roundtable. There was a quorum present at the March meeting and the rote was <br />unanimous in favor of the funding request for the South Metro Water Supply Authority <br />Regionaf Water Supply Assessmer~t. <br />The application and supporting materials for this project will be larovided directly to you <br />b Seuth Ietra water Supply authority. If you squire additional inforr~atior~, please <br />notify me accordingly. <br />cerel mss, <br />Boug Scott <br />chair, hlletro Basin Roundtable <br />Pa~~ 1 ~f 1 <br />