Minutes May 2008 CBRT

• Basin Roundtable: Colorado
• Title: Colorado Minutes 5/08
• Date: 5/19/2008
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

District of the White River National Forest. The White River National Forest branch of the
USFS, Trout Unlimited, and the Colorado Fish and Wildlife Service support the grant
request.
1. The seven Battlement reservoirs were constructed before 1900 for irrigation purposes.
Reservoirs 4, 5 and 6 have been breached and converted to wetland habitat. Reservoirs 1
and 2 are ten feet deep and were previously fixed. Reservoir 3 is the largest, occupying
16 surface acres with a capacity of 409 acre feet. It is above 10,000 feet, and can be
accessed only by a 7-mile hike, so it will not be widely visited by the public.
2. The White River National Forest holds all of the water rights in the reservoirs.
Constn~ction on Reservoir 3 would begin in the summer of 2009.
Colorado Water Quality Control Board: $200,000 for membrane treatment study to
remove water from contaminants separated in osmosis treatment. Dave Akers
requested $200,000 toward the projected $1,150,000 cost to develop a process that would
result in zero level discharge. With current teclulology, for every 1 nullion gallons of
wastewater or brackish water that is treated, 150,000 gallons of contaminated water remains.
This creates a disposal problem, since the waste water camlot be discharged into rivers. The
requested study will attempt to develop a process that will recover the 150,000 gallons and
leave behind sold waste that can be disposed in landfills. The cost will be funded as follows:
$200,000 Roundtable basin reserve account
600,000 Statewide reserve account
200,000 Other sources
150,000 In kind contributions
$1,150,000 Total
1. The study will be completed between March and December 2009, and be managed by the
Research Foundation of the American Water Works Association.
2. Dave Akers requested a letter of support from the CBRT for the project, rather than a an
actual grant from the Colorado Basin Reserve Account.
15. Rick Brown, overview of SWSI Phase 2. Rick Brown is retiring from the CWCB, and Ills final
project was to provide an overview of SWSI Phase IL Below is his opinion about Colorado's
future attempts to cover the 20% gap projected in 2030 between existing water supplies and
water demand.
80% Solution: In November 2004 SWSI adopted a mission statement suggesting that
80% of the state's water needs in 2030 would be provided through existing and new
projects. The remaining 20% would come from conservation, agriculture transfers, and
reuse.
2. Conservation: Goals should be established to decrease per capita water use, but
conservation should not be viewed as a fiiture water supply.
125,800-211,700 AF 47% Decreased lawn consumption
161,200-247,300 AF 53% Other -Low flush toilets, washer rebates, etc.
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