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� i COLORADO DAM SITE INVENTORY 1.0 Introduction In 1986, passage of House Bil( No. 1011 added a new subsection (4) (a) to � section 37-60-115, Colorado Revised Statutes, relating to water studies conducted f by the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB). � � �J � �? � � � The CWCB was directed to compile an inventory of potential dam and reservoir sites within the state of Colorado having a capacity of finrenty thousand acre-feet or more, or such other sites that the board deems important. The initial inventory was to be made available to the General Assembly by October 1, 1987, and updated periodically and maintained by the Board thereafter. The Board was further directed to utilize the inventory to "identify potential dam and reservoir sites, the development of which may be stopped because of on-going land uses which ar+e encroaching upon needed lands or because of other circumsfances." The Board is required to apprise the General Assembly of the dam and reservoir sites so identified in its annual report required by section 37-60-122, CRS. 1.1 Basis of the Inventory The inventory is based on a review of the state engineer's water rights tabulation and a review of all publicly available published information. Original engineering work or field investigations were not performed by the Board for the inventory. The CWCB conducted a review of the literature for all published water � � resource development studies and reports. Over 35 studies were reviewed for , information. In addition, several Water Conservancy Districts, Division Engineers, and consulting engineers were contacted for their input. As a result of this effort, � over 350 potential dam and reservoir sites with capacities greater than or equal to j 20,000 acre-feet were identified. � � � � The CWCB also reviewed the State Engineer's Reservoir Water Rights Tabulations. Reservoir sites with conditional decrees equal to or greater than 5,000 acre feet are included in the inventory. i