Testimony of Ted Kowalski

• File Number: 8230.2B5
• Description: Expert Reports
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 9/17/2003
• Author: Christine M. McKinney
• Title: Testimony of Ted Kowalski
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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nothing to do with RICD cases, but I wonder how many Pintos he
drove around to find out about the compacts in the area. I
mean, essentially, he's worked on compacts for a long time, so
he became an expert in the legal interpretation of compacts.
Mr. Kowalski himself has also become an expert in
RICDs. Now, this RICD statute was only passed in 2001. So,
since that period in time, Mr. Kowalski not only participated
in the legislation, drafting all -- majority of the committee
hearings, writing testimony for CWCB board members, advising
the CWCB about the bill, redrafts; there's nobody in the state
who would be an expert in RICD interpretation other than
Mr. Kowalski.
I would also submit that, you know, Mr. Kowalski is
an expert in the use of a whitewater course. I mean, he may
have testified at Vail that -- in Golden that he might not
have been an expert, but he's since that time had much more
experience with respect to RICD and whitewater course uses.
And I would cite that he's already stated that he's
worked on the Upper Eagle River Water and Sanitation District.
He's worked on the Town of Breckenridge case. He's worked
with respect to RICDs in the other -- only other 216 case in
this state, which was a Pueblo case, and currently has been
working on this case also.
So I would submit that he has substantial knowledge
with respect to RICD cases that's, count them, five cases. If