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• Board Meeting Date: 7/22/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Update on Inter-Basin Compact Committee ‎(IBCC)‎ Visioning Exercise
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Integrated Management of Groundwater and Surface Water –
Evaluate conjunctive use
opportunities.
Next Steps
The CWCB, IBCC, and BRTs all have important role s to play in developing a shared vision for
Colorado's water supply future and ex amining strategies for achieving it.
CWCB – CWCB provides input into the visioning process and directs the implementation of
staff work elements as described below. CWCB staff implements the necessary technical work to
evaluate strategies. They will primarily do this by completing and integrating work through the
nonconsumptive needs assessments, the consumptiv e needs assessments, the technical team for
the water availability study, a nd the BRTs' updated needs assessments. As work products are
developed they will be vetted to the BRTs, th e IBCC, and the CWCB for input and comment.
IBCC – The IBCC undertakes initial vi sioning to help develop a draf t vision statement, a set of
water supply values, and a conceptual approach to evaluating water supply strategies. The IBCC
then works with the CWCB staff as described below. The IBCC also provides input on various
work products as they are developed and identi fies opportunities for in terbasin cooperation and
negotiations.
Basin Roundtables – The Basin Roundtables provide input to the IBCC. They complete work on
their updated needs assessment and provide input on various work products associated with the
evaluation of strategies. CWCB staff and technica l consultants will visit each BRT on a quarterly
basis to work on their needs assessme nts and the evaluation of strategies.
Following these roles, the strategies outlined above will be analyzed.
Execute the technical work need ed to develop each strategy.
Examine each strategy's ability to meet Colo rado's 2050 municipal and industrial needs.
Examine the tradeoffs between different strategies.
Examine "what if" scenarios.
Examine ways to integrate consumptive and nonconsumptive needs.
Examine the risks associated with different strate gies and who bears those risks.
Incorporate the sound technical analysis from all previous and ongoing studies (SWSI I and
II, Task Orders, Nonconsumptive Needs Assessments, Consumptive Needs Assessments,
Energy Study, Supply Availability Study, other WSRA studies, etc.).
Examine the potential impacts of climate change on our state's water supply availability as
well as our consumptive demands.
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