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• Board Meeting Date: 7/22/2009
• Description: WSP Section - Upper Colorado River ESA Recovery Program - 10825 - Tuedi Reservoir Update
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Agenda Item 21g
]uly Z4-25, 20a0 Board IL+Ieeting
Page 6 of fi
The reduced cost of water would spur sales, leading to payment of the recal~ulated debt.
C4~+IMENTS QF TI3E ~ATE UF ~OL4~A1]0
- ~, ~ox,flx~•o VWA~ .~v~~tax Boa~-i, . '
.23~a~rer; Q'ola., Nav~mb~r ~.~,19~9. . S,
Rs 7~~X~"ryiugpan-Aarkansas proj~t,~ Calor~do .~ ~ . !
13on. ~ A. ~~Tax, . i ~ .
Sear af th,~ I~rdor, ' . ~ ;
I~ ~~T~ra~, Wasla~m;gta~, D.~. . f
~~. S~~x'r :~io. aocoi~d.ance with i~he prtf'visivps of sectaaa~, _'i
]. ~c} of ~the +F'laod Cantrol Aot of I)eoember ~2, 1944 [58' St~t. 886j; ;:
this offi4a has raviewed yonr, pxapused report of Se~tember 1559 on ;:
tha Rriedi. Dazn and R~~air as m part of the Fryingpe-m-Arkanaas ~=
praaect in Cnlorada Sin~ rn~ St~~. o~ Colox~ao r~dere~ m~terial ,,
assxstance iin. ~t~.e preparation o~ ~is repnrt, we ~re islxeady famiJ~ia~ ': i
with the details cnnt~ned tlxBrein. 7'~iis re rt meets the full s~nd
unequi~aeal ap pro~al ~f the State-af CoI~O and w'e ar~ e~remely i~
gratefnl to ~he Bureau of Reclam~tiox~ ~or tha eapeditivus manner iu ~;,
which thisreport wa~ pre~aared. ~ ~
•. ~'our prapa~ed irepart inc~iu~tes that t~e totes~ reim~but~sa#~le in~- i
me~t a.llocated to m~nicipal and it~duat~ial ''av'~t~r su~spli~ #or ~ irt ;~
Colnrado west of the Gnntinentsl'I]~vide c~n:i~e re~onat~lye~pect~.~. ;;
to be xap~.id with~interest under t~e pra~rision.s a~f the W~ter Su~ ; i
A c t o f- 1 9~i8, P u b l i c L a.~ w 8 5- 5 1] a. Your p z o goeed re port ~notes~fn '~ ~~
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t~iat ~n tha s'~Oaenea at ~lsis tima o.~ ~ge~eiea ox or~an~ata~ana qustiS~d ~~:
to contraact far f•epayment o~ the `~d~t aseigned tb such -.de~ez~'er~-mu- '~~
nicipal and indt~strial w°~ter s~P ~y', it will ~6e ne~ry ~at t~ 8tate
af Colarada, priax:t~n".txan~mit~ p~ t~s~~gort-~Eo,!t~ie,C ~' f°~~'
+ ~n~F~ Y E :
rni~ assnrauae e,~ feQ,~ure repayinent~as reqriirb~l~ t~e "~atex S 1. ~~;.:
~~ of 19C$=.` . ~ , . : ~ . ,.~~
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. ~t ~ tl~ ~~rpc~e Qf thaa let~er. to furnig~. ~uc~ ~9sur~l~ce. VQ'~ ~n=' ; :a-:
tici ae daes ybr~r xepart, th~t oomme~cial "~.ev.+~lrxpri-emt of Col,o~- ~:~;
r. ' o'~ oJk~ a~iale resexpes will cre~t,~ a fnture. max~et ~or.t,he. r~d-tni~ipe.l
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a.nd ixidias~r~~1 vc+~ sup.ply tliat ~v~u14~ b~provic~ecl ~r-~t~ ~ and ~~
Reea~i~v~oiir.i ~haul~ ~ue~'a..x~iarket, howevex,~ xxc~t d~~velup ~.t~ .€~ .~gree ~
su~ciant #v returri tfie costs a,lloce-'t~il to mtienGicipal and indtistxial, wa- ~:
ter sutF€Pltiyx t~e-:S+x-te_ af` CoF~ a~3a_ ~vill andart~e ae ,. pxriepjt .o~f' tYhe k.: i
vr~ion~ ~ .. to ~sure full repaymeut af municipa~and inc~u~rial ~ ~!:
water seippl~osts. ' . : :~
. The ~rapo~ed ~repart .p,ointed .QU~ cez~ain c~iacr~p~nezes .betweeii the , ~
aperat~,r~ prlnarple~ adapted fQn the Fr~ixigp#rn-Ar~a,nssis praje~t 3~ ~
the S$ats af Co~oiado with ce~tain'prova~ions a~ realamatiol~ le.w and i.
poli~y. Theae sppax'e~ inconsistencies h~~e •been reviewed vyit~i the ~
sit~~ff af ths ~ure~u .of ~ecl~.m~tio~i. and t-re ~ntieigate that these~, op-
eirating ~ir?i~cip~es will be ret~i~ed ~v~meet the o~~etion Po?nted: out to I
ns. It xs astiox a~d that ~he~ .re~is~ed v~er4~~zz?g Px~?~caPlss will bs ~~
in ynur bancis w~~in the n~eat S~ c~ays. ~ ~:
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~~ ~~ ~~' F~ L. SPextxs, .T]ar~ctor. ~ . ;
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