BOARD00506

• Board Meeting Date: 3/22/2005
• Description: WSP Section - Statewide Water Supply Initiative ‎(SWSI)‎ Status Update
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.cQ.us

Bill Owens
Governor

Russell George
Executive Director

MEMORANDUM

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

To:

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Rod Kuharich, Director c;J6.
Rick Brown, Project Manager, Interstate Stream Protection

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

From:

Date: March 23, 2005

Subject:

Agenda Item 33, March 22-23, 2005 Board Meeting,
Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) Status Update

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The Board will be provided with an update of the status of the Statewide Water Supply Initiative
(SWSl). The SWSI team will provide a timeline of activities through the remainder of this fiscal
year (June 30, 2005) and an initial outline of the priorities associated with the two mission
statements from Section 11 of the SWSI report, These two mission statements were adopted by the
Board at the January meeting, and involve the 80 percent "solution" for future water needs and the
20 percent "gap".

The presentation will include initial feedback from Basin Roundtable Number 5. As of the date of
the CWCB meeting all Roundtable meeting will not yet be completed but initial feedback will be
available from the San JuanlDolores/San Miguel, Rio Grande, Gunnison, and Colorado.

The Board will also be updated as to the status ofreconvening the SWSI Steering Committee.

Finally, an update will be provided regarding the upcoming U.S. Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Subcommittee's April 5, 2005 Water Conference and possible Colorado participation
therein.

Staff Recommendation

No recommendation at this time. This is an informalional and discussion item,

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Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning

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