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Colorado Water
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Water Center of Colorado State University
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February 2006 Issue
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projected demands, 53 percent more water than is <br />being used today, and there will be a gap between <br />water needs and water supplies of 20 percent. <br />Meanwhile, 400,000 — 500,000 acres will change <br />from irrigated land to non - irrigated land. The en- <br />tire work of SWSI can be seen at www.cwcb.state. <br />co.us. <br />The SWSI process, like the Roundtable process, <br />began with representatives from many differ- <br />ent areas and moved forward with a foundation <br />based on a respect for local planning. Like the <br />Roundtable process, SWSI is built on a consensus- <br />building forum. SWSI has also provided a good <br />role model to the members of the Roundtables by <br />highlighting the amount of study required to stay <br />educated and updated on Colorado water law. The <br />Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has pro- <br />vided excellent guidance in assisting members of <br />Roundtables to find useful readings and informa- <br />tion sources. These recommendations range from <br />studies of comparative hydrology to basics of <br />Colorado water law to the various state compacts <br />to essential readings on negotiations. <br />The focus on negotiations is crucial for the prog- <br />ress of the Roundtables and to the ultimate goals <br />articulated by the "Colorado Water for the 21 st <br />Century Act." In addition to establishing the <br />Roundtables, the Act also dictates the creation of <br />an Interbasin Compact Committee whose task it <br />is to negotiate interbasin compacts regarding use <br />of Colorado's water resources. By July 1, 2006, <br />this Committee will adopt an Interbasin Compact <br />Charter to govern and guide negotiations between <br />the nine permanent basin Roundtables created by <br />the Act. One of the most important steps that the <br />Roundtables took in the late fall of 2005 was to <br />appoint representatives to the Interbasin Compact <br />Committee (IBCC). These 27 members (two ap- <br />pointed by each Roundtable, six appointed by the <br />Governor, one appointed by each the Senate and <br />House Ag. Committee and Russell George, the Di- <br />rector of Compact Negotiations) are charged with <br />the task of negotiating interbasin compacts regard- <br />ing the use of Colorado's water resources. Their <br />ability to build consensus while maintaining the <br />strong positions held by those who have ap- <br />pointed them will bring the visions articulated in <br />the Act to reality. The Roundtable members took <br />time and made a thorough effort to identify the <br />qualities and skills desired for IBCC Representa- <br />tives. The IBCC members must possess integrity, <br />must be trustworthy, and must be visionary prob- <br />lem solvers who can translate ideas from the in- <br />dividual Roundtables to the statewide discussion. <br />The IBCC members should have strength of <br />character while possessing undeniable diplomatic <br />skills. Holding close to the words of the Act, the <br />IBCC reps should also understand and appreci- <br />ate the structure of the Appropriation Doctrine as <br />well as the history of how the state has arrived at <br />the threshold of the future, presenting the chal- <br />lenges that it does. An appreciation of not only <br />the State's water law but also of environmental <br />and land use planning law, interstate compacts, <br />and the economic realities of diverse economies <br />in urban and rural areas is a further requirement <br />of all IBCC reps. Accordingly, the Roundtables <br />have appointed exceptional representatives who <br />are political realists as well as "deal makers." <br />The primary activity with which the IBCC reps <br />will be involved in the spring is the formation of <br />the Charter. The Charter, the creation of which is <br />dictated by the Act, must include details on how <br />the interbasin negotiation process will operate <br />and, specifically, how the representatives will <br />facilitate the process of the interbasin compact <br />negotiations that the Act envisions. Once the <br />charter is completed, the representatives will be <br />responding to issues and recommendations com- <br />ing out of Roundtables. Therefore, the skill sets <br />outlined above which the Roundtables articulated <br />as crucial to the role of an IBCC representative <br />can be seen to be keenly operative as applied to <br />the responsibilities and obligations they must <br />carry out: <br />1) how will the representatives actually structure <br />these multilateral negotiations, and then <br />2) how will they actually negotiate i <br />ments. <br />These interbasin compacts will be a <br />10 <br />
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