Board Meeting 03/17/1980

• Board Meeting Date: 3/17/1980
• Description: Agenda and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Other special studies include an upper Plattex River study
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in the republican river basin~ater management study. Such investi-

gations are aimed at looking at interstate communitive use. Since

initial development in those water sheds conditions have significant-

ly changed and the analysis are aimed at considering existing and

future circumstances in water management.

Another ingestigation is inventory of the potential for low

head hydroelectric facilities utilizing existing storage projects.

In conclusion, he summarized his perspective of the relation-

ship between his agency and the citizens of Colorado conceBiBErning

critical future water needs. He pointed th the lack of new studies

for water development in management and the implications for remain-

ing development needs. In that regard he mentioned the potential

for completing phase 3 of the Colorado State Water Plan which

would analyze water supplies and the use auctions. He suggested

r~xamination of the Arkansas river basin with emphasis on surface

and ground water management techniques. He mentioned water develop-

ment interest in the ca8h~a poudre to revive a 20 year old plan

for potential dams and power plants. He described some of the issues

surrounding consideration of future development potential. There is

significant disagreement among development and development interests.

He discussed the need for broad support for a Federal study which

WJuld be initiated on the basis om local and state rather than

Federal interest. He emphasized that such a study would be broadly

comprehensive not to consider specific projects, but to identify

all of the options and xx alternatives for future use.