PUB00027

• Year: 1990
• Title: Final Report Rio Grande Water Supply Study, Phase 1
• CWCB Section: Interstate & Federal
• Author: San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District
• Description: Reconnaissance level determination of the physically and legally available flow at 4 reservoir sites in the Rio Grande Basin upstream of Del Norte, Colorado
• Publications - Doc Type: Brochure

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2. Formulation of scenarios for future Closed Basin Project operations,

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Refinement of study assumptions with regard to certain provisions of
the Rio Grande Compact,

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A reconnaissance investigation of the exchange potential from the Closed
Basin Project on the Rio Grande mainstem to the Conejos River,

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An investigation of alternative diversion levels on the Rio Grande
mainstem,

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Modifications to and operations with the hydrologic simulation model
used in the study, and

7. Preparation of the final study report.

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At the completion of each major task in Step One and Step Two of the study, a task

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memorandum was prepared and distributed to a group of Study Advisors.
memorandum summarized work conducted in the task.

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Nine meetings were held with the Study Advisors in Step Two of the study.

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meetings were held in Denver and three were conducted in the San Luis Valley. The

Study Advisors included representatives of the Conejos Water Conservancy District,

the Division of Water Resources, the Rio Grande Water Users Association, the SLVWCD

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and (in Step One) the USBR.

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A draft of the final study report was distributed to the Study Advisors for comment

in early November 1989. Final meetings with Advisors to review the draft report

were held in November 1989 in Denver and Alamosa.

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I.2.1 Study Advisors

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Listed below are the primary individuals who served as Study Advisors for the Rio

Grande Water Supply Study along with the names of the organizations they

represented. It should be noted that a number of other individuals including the

directors of the SLVWCD and certain members of the USBR staff of the Amarillo, Texas

office of the USBR also served in an advisory capacity at various times during the

course of the study.

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