Animas-La Plata Project Water Supply Demand Study

Sec ion 4 Animas - La Plata Water Supply and Demand Study
Task 3: Develop Joint Program With Southwestern Water Conservation
District:
Meet with representatives of the Southwestern Water Conservation District and the CWCB in either Durango
or Denver to develop a joint program to successfully increase the market share of the State's A -LP Project
allocation. Brown and Caldwell will provide the staff resources required to develop and implement the joint
program involving the Southwestern District.
Task 4: Follow Up With Potential Municipal Water Providers with Interest
in A -LP Project Water
Expand the list of potential municipal supply buyers in coordination with Southwestern Water Conservation
District and follow up with this expanded list that will include at least the following.
A. Municipal Suppliers Where Little or No Additional Future Water Supply Is Required:
Courtesy letters should be written to the City of Durango and the Town of Ignacio. These letters will provide
notice of the State's intent to market this additional water supply.
B. Municipal Suppliers Who Expressed Need for Additional Supply:
La Plata West Water Authority: The LPWWA should be contacted and should receive a response to their
April 2009 letter to CWCB requesting A -LP Project water supply. There should be a meeting with the
LPWWA in Durango to discuss the Authority's April 2009 letter and its ability to fund and construct the
facilities to use the A -LP Project water.
Lake Durango Water Authority: Future use of A -LP Project water by the Authority is dependent on the
installation of pumps in the existing structure in Lake Durango. Therefore, it is recommended a meeting be
held with LDWA to discuss how the State can assist in obtaining installation of pumps in the existing
structure and how the State could possibly assist the Authority in financing acquisition of a share of the A -LP
Project water.
IA Plata Archuleta Water District: A meeting should be held with the La Plata Archuleta Water District
board and its consultants to explore ways to assist the District in acquiring the A -LP Project water including.
(a) Determine if CWCB could help resolve some of the uncertainty in the demand forecast because of La
Plata County's efforts at changing its Master Plan. (b) Determine how the State could assist the District in
securing funding for a water treatment plant from the USBR's existing program
C. Municipal Suppliers That May Have Interest in Additional Future Supply.
Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District and San Juan Water Conservancy District: Steve Harris, engineer
for the San Juan Conservancy District, and Came Weiss, District Manager, and Chairman of the San Juan
Water Conservancy District Board should be contacted and a meeting arranged. Before having this
meeting, Brown and Caldwell should talk to Steve Harris and determine if there are any
engineering /hydrology studies concerning the reliability of supply for the proposed San Juan Water
Conservancy District's Dry Gulch Project for dry years. Brown and Caldwell could subsequently determine
if A -LP Project water could firm the yield from this project in some cost effective manner. The objective
would be to determine how A -LP Project water could fit into the District's water supply planning before the
meeting with the board. The meeting with the District should also explore possible funding assistance to the
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