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' and Apishapa gages could be visited any time. It was acknowledged that it may take more than one <br />visit to examine the gages (perhaps under different flow conditions) in order to make recommendations <br />' for any improvement to the gage sites or measuring procedures. <br />Bill Tyner had spoken with Pat Edelmann with the Colorado USGS who had volunteered to coordinate <br />' with Kansas USGS, but asked that we not schedule any field work sooner than June. Bill will prepare <br />an e-mail to be sent to Mr. Edelmann and Craig Dare and Jim Putnam with Kansas USGS to coordinate <br />the field visits and will review the content with Kevin Salter by May 20, 2008 prior to sending the <br />message. <br />Item #8 — Water Supply Projections for 2008 <br />' We reviewed some recently updated information on snowpack conditions provided by Scott Lorenz. <br />Snowpack amounts dropped during March and April due to lower than average snowfall, but still remain <br />above average. West -slope imports for the Fryingpan- Arkansas Project are still projected to be around <br />100,000 acre -feet at this time. The snowpack is much higher in the headwater areas around Leadville <br />and Buena Vista than in the southern mountains so Purgatoire River flows are not expected to be <br />' particularly large due to snowmelt runoff, but Arkansas River flows through Pueblo Reservoir are still <br />expected to be above average. Scott Lorenz agreed to provide weblinks to data from the NRCS Snotel <br />sites. (This information was provided on May 20, 2008.) <br />' Item #9 — Modifications to Well Augmentation Plans /Approvals <br />' We discussed the fact that there had been no amendments to the three major well association <br />replacement plans as of the meeting date. The Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District will <br />allocate Project water and return flows on May 15th and after those allocations are completed it is <br />possible that the well associations will seek to increase pumping prior to the final plan approvals in <br />June. <br />' Item #10 — Miscellaneous Topics <br />Purgatoire River Channel Capacity Study: <br />' All field work went well this spring and it is anticipated the USBR -Corps of Engineers initial modeling <br />report will be completed by September or October of 2008. Recommendations for channel capacity <br />improvements can then be generated and perhaps presented at the 2008 ARCA Meeting. <br />Livingston T -LAP Model Implementation; <br />T -LAP has not yet been implemented, but Scott Lorenz and Bill Tyner will work on initial implementation <br />' later the week of May 5th. Scott and Bill will also work with Kevin and Russ Livingston on T -LAP <br />documentation and a User's Manual to be completed later this summer. <br />' Tri- States Water Rights Change Case: <br />Brandy Cole will attend the field tour in early June along with Colorado objectors in the Tri- States court <br />' case. The draft decree has been provided to Kansas along with the engineering report. <br />Irrigated Acreage Update Project: <br />' Colorado has begun work on the 2008 acreage update project and will provide Kansas a project <br />summary plan for comment and review by the end of May 2008. <br />