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Bill Jerke: Good to see that good science being applied. <br />Tom Iseman: Please expand on water bank, <br />Bert Weaver: formulated Clear Creek water bank 15 years ago, that we needed water <br />supplies: thus found 12 acre feet of Henderson water, decreed non tributary water, deep <br />water, then worked with Golden after in-channel rec diversion to acquire some there, <br />now working for storage... thus, water bank has become the only available physical and <br />legal water supply for economic diversion activities: Echo Mt Ski area, Silverthorne and <br />Georgetown, DO Historical Loop, Steam evaporates 100% CU of the water uses. <br />6 pm: Dinner <br />Dinner Presentation: Garv Hausler: Water Importation Project: Gunnison Basin Rancher, came <br />about from the Gunnison trip, story about bringing water to CO from Mississippi River. Mining <br />engineer; first 20 Nears in mining and heavy construction NA and Europe, construction <br />management, MBA in finance, cattle rancher and hay rancher outside of Gunnison, during last <br />energy crisis, NW of Rifle was engineer and heard presentation at that time, "A Sustainable <br />Source of Water for the Western US:" Sources of "new water" in the west: 1) conservation and <br />reuse (out of scope of presentation, 2) desalination (not likely in CO), 3) importation... into <br />eastern CO: how much do we import and where come from: <br />1) CO River Basin: The Overstretched Resource: CO River produces approximately 12-14 <br />million acre feet/year, currently; substantial decrease can be expected due to climate <br />change: CO Statewide Water Supply: 630,00 by 2030, Gap of 118,000 acft across state: <br />SWASI though did not look at certain parts of state: for example. northern part of <br />Gunnison not looked at in SWASI as per CU and the gap: substantially higher gap <br />probably because multiple beneficiaries say they will use the same resources: <br />CO River: overcommitted: 7.5 million to lower basin state: 7.5 million to upper, 1.5 <br />million to Mexico (supposed to be split between upper and lower)-thus, 8.23 million acft <br />per year... <br />Not considering nuances. <br />Future demands: CO River Pump back: 250,000 acft yr straw... based on Nat'l Academy <br />of Science is overcommitted..Water not there for diversion: even if there, not enough to <br />meet demands per SWSI study. <br />Cannot be a call on the river if we do not provide the water to lower basin states. All <br />rights are junior to CO water compact. <br />Alternative Importation Source: 240 million acre feet per year, slide of Mississippi <br />Near Kentucky: 2 million acft per day for 10 days during runoff .(vs. CO 14 million acft <br />per year) <br />--Lower Mississippi: where Miss and Ohio joins: <br />ls` phase proposal: CO, KS, Missouri and NE negotiate the Central Plains Compact. <br />--Compact builds pipeline and canal system with associated reservoirs and pump stations, <br />Start on Miss near Hickman, CT and ends near Monument Hill (near CO Springs) <br />between South Platte and AK rivers. <br />--Provide for lateral to users in CO, KS Missouri and NE <br />--Purpose an initial 1 million acft per year delivered to Monument Hill acre, <br />Pipeline and Canal Alignment: Hickman, KY to CO springs... through heart of KS, <br />topographic sites that could lend themselves to substantial reservoirs that would be <br />required: 1200 miles for pipeline: 7000 ft of total lift, engineer numbers from engineering