Approved Minutes April 2008 CBRT

• Basin Roundtable: Colorado
• Title: Colorado Minutes 4/08
• Date: 4/28/2008
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

PSOP: The Preferred Storage Option Plan, a discussion of water storage options to capture
additional water from the Roaring Fork River for delivery to the Eastern Slope, discussed at the
November 2007 CBRT meeting.
RICD: Recreation In Channel Diversion. A water right awarded in order to protect recreational
boating in the river.
Senate Bill 179: Passed in 2006 by the Colorado legislature, this allocates $10 million per year for
four years to be allocated among the 9 roundtables to pay for water projects or studies (aka the
Water Supply Reserve Account).
Shoshone Call: Xcel energy has a call on the Colorado River with a priority dating to 1907
permitting it to run 1,250 cfs through the Shoshone power plant turbines. k12006, Xcel and
Denver Water entered into an agreement which permits Denver to reduce the call by 550 cfs at the
Shoshone power plant between March 20 and May 20 in years that Denver Water's projected
reservoir storage capacity is less than 80%; discussed at the July 2006 CBRT meeting.
SWSL CWCB manages the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI), which was created to
study long term water needs in Colorado after the Big Straw Initiative failed in 2003.
Upper Colorado River Commission: A commission created in 1948 pursuant to the Upper
Colorado River Compact of the four Upper Basin States: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New
Mexico. It controls the Colorado River upstream of Lees Ferry, and is charged with moiutoring
that each the Upper Basin state delivers its quota toward the 75 maf required to be delivered to the
Lower Basin states every 10 year period.
Water Availability Study: SB 07-122 appropriated $500,000 to study the extent of Colorado water
available for current and future needs. The Water Availability Study is designed to identify
whether Colorado still has water available under the 1922 Colorado River Compact for
development, and what risks are associated with developing it. Phase 1 of the Water Availability
Study is expected to be completed by July 2009.
Wolcott Pumpback: A plan to build a reservoir on a tributary to the Eagle River near Wolcott.
This would store water that could be exchanged back to Dillon Reservoir to enhance Denver
Water's yield from the Blue River (Dillon Reservoir/Roberts Tumlel).
Yampa Pumpback: A proposal to pump 300,000 acre feet from the Yampa River near Maybell to
the Front Range, first discussed in detail at the October 2007 CBRT meeting.
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