Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy Distric Minutes March 17 2005

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SECWCD March 17, 2005 3 RECORD OF PROCEEDING Mr. Musgrove reported Reclamation is currently releasing 5 cfs of Project water form Turquoise Reservoir for storage in Pueblo Reservoir. Over the winter Reclamation moved a total of 5,715 acre -feet of water from upper reservoirs to Pueblo Reservoir. The Ruedi crew is planning to start opening the roads to the collection system on March 30. Reclamation plans to have the system accessible by May 1. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT: Mr. Edelmann reported as the result of reservoir releases during the past week, flows in the Arkansas River through Pueblo are above average historical flows. As a result of these increased flows and sediment deposition from Fountain Creek, the Arkansas River has backed flows up into the tributary that discharges water from the HARP and Runyon Lake. Therefore, the stream gage located near the mouth of the tributary that is being operated as part of the Pueblo Flow IGA currently is not providing accurate discharge. Mr. Edelmann reported during the past month, the USGS sampled 15 sites for dissolved solids (salinity) as part of our cooperative program with PSOP, and for selenium, uranium, and E -coli bacteria as part of a cooperative program with the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District. Mr. Edelmann reported a report done in cooperation with the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District describing the hydrogeology and quality of ground water in the Upper Arkansas River Basin between Buena Vista and Salida is in the final phases of approval. Some of the major findings are: 1. Current and projected (2030) ground water withdrawals by domestic and household wells is estimated to be less than one percent of the estimated 472,000 acre -feet of recoverable ground water in the upper 300 feet of the land surface; 2. The apparent mean age of ground water recharge varied from more than 48 years to about 1 year, the older age water occurred in discharge area; and 3. Ground water in the alluvial - outwash and basin -fill deposits generally was of high quality with less than 250 mg/L of dissolved solids and less than 1 -2 mg/L of nitrate. PERSONNEL COMNHTTEE REPORT: Mr. Bailey reported the Personnel Committee met March 16 to discuss the benefit package. Mr. Bailey gave a PowerPoint presentation explaining benefits proposed for change, which included: • Medical • Life Insurance • Deferred Compensation • Vacation • Sick Leave