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STATE OF COLORADO <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />[?apartment of Natural Resources <br />~~~l~F~~", ~t0~C11'(~(l ~~~ <br />t~~~~'~'.C~~4~t~~3,~~~~t'.C~.t~S <br /> <br />`~ <br />Board Members ~~11 Ritt~~, ,fir. <br />~~~~~~~~ <br /> Barris D. ~~rmar~ <br /> <br />D~.'T~: Se tember ~ ~ooS <br />p ~~~~~~ r.. ~i~~~~ <br />~~~c~ Director <br />~ ~ T: <br />SU 1 ~ ~. ends ~enrt 3 Se ~en~er 1~-" ~OO~ hoard ~ee~ln <br />~ ~ p ~ ~ ~~~' ~~~~~i~f~ <br />~~vc~~ ~~t~ Director <br /> 'aver SuPPI' pro~ecion Sec~on ~ Colorado <br /> RverllY~exico'~rea~ Jpdate on ~hor~age Sharing and Po~enial <br /> Aug~ena~lon of Supplies <br />Bael~ground <br />n August 200, the U.S. and Mexico federal authorities initiated a formal process to explore <br />opportunities for mater pro jects with binational benefits. fee the enclose. nears release. ~`h~s <br />process includes representatives from federal agencies, environmental representatives, and <br />Colorado diver basin states from both countries. have been representing the Upper Basin at <br />these meetings along with the executive Director for the upper Colorado ~.iver Commission, <br />Don ostler, and the General Counsel for the ~e~v N~exico interstate Stream Commission, Tama <br />~'rujillo. fiver the last dear eve have been meeting regularly to discuss this process. n larch <br />200, the binational core group established four ~rork groups to pursue cooperative actions in <br />four general areas:l}conservation; ~~ o.e~ grater sources; ~} system operations; and 4} the <br />environment. See the enclosed. press release from. larch 1, ~oo~. <br />Since then e have continued to meet through the bi-national core group and through the ~vorl~ <br />groups to share ideas on possible projects and. discuss both nations' grater needs as well as <br />possible was to satisfy future water needs. `This cooperative process has been proceeding <br />slo~vl and. deliberatel~r. ~eve~heless, ~ am optimistic that this process eventually could provide <br />benefits to Colorado..dditional information will be p•ovided to the Board from. the Atto~e <br />general's fee and. eve look for~~ard to discussing this process ~Yith rou in more detail. <br />'ter pp~ ~ratect~n • ~~atersed P~teet~rt F~! 1~titir~ ~ tream- ~~ Prt~t~~s ~'~'~ater ~~ ~1ar~i ~'iaaee <br />'eater ~c~ser~ati+~rt ~ ~ra~rt '~~~~ * I~atrastate'4~~ater anae~eait ~3ee~~net <br />