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Climate Roadshow Notebooks <br />Breakout #1 <br />What information, planning strategies, etc. helped, or would have helped, you to better deal <br />with the impacts of the 2000s drought? <br />Castle Rock, CO <br />Jeff Lukas' Group <br />Impacts of 2002 drought <br />Curt <br />➢ Alluvial wells- rapidly declining levels <br />➢ Augmentation from senior rights -not senior enough <br />➢ Users slow to respond - perception of bad planning <br />Janet <br />➢ What worked in 2002? <br />• Turkey Creek Basin study (1998) - totally within Jefferson County <br />• Fractional granite backups on wells <br />• Districts implemented conservation procedures <br />• 2002 ET: 98% -126% <br />• No recharge <br />• Intermittent streams: no flow at elevations above 6400 ft <br />• Fish kill increased as temperatures role <br />• Water haulers stopped hauling <br />Paul <br />➢ Realized the inadequacy of the historic record <br />➢ "Bomb proof:" senior water rights commonly regarded as prior to 2002 <br />➢ Planning based on unpredictability of conditions <br />Brian <br />➢ Down to 23% reservoir capacity <br />➢ Started doing Prairie Waters Project: problematic <br />Julio <br />➢ 2002 was a major "wake up call" <br />What would have helped? <br />Curt <br />➢ Board of Directors needed information <br />➢ Regional cooperation <br />➢ Information sharing <br />➢ Janet <br />➢ One commission from UT had insight <br />➢ Conservation plans <br />Paul <br />