Board Meeting 01/14/1985

• Board Meeting Date: 1/14/1985
• Description: Agenda, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Aqenda Item 6 - State Enqineer's Report

Due to the absence of State Engineer Jeris Danielson. no
report was presented.

Aqenda Item 7 - Development Authority's Report

Mr. Uli Kappas. Associate Director. reported that the
following applications. for study and funding. have been
received:

1. Green Mountain Exchange.
2. Cache la Poudre Basin-wide study.
3. Clear Creek Basin study.
4. San Luis Valley Confined Aquifer study.
5. conejos Water Conservancy District Water Management
study.
6. Webster Hill Feasibility study.

On-going studies include:

1. St. Vrain Basin study.
2. Four Corners Water Management study.
3. pagosa Springs Project - Domestic Water.

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Aqenda Item 8 - Bureau of Reclamation Hiqh Mountain Aquifer
Study - Appendix C

In discussing this item. Mr. McDonald recalled that the
Board had discussed this proposed study at its March. 1984.
meeting. By formal motion. the Board indicated its support for
the study as then outlined. with the understanding that no
state funds would be available for cost-sharing in the study.

In May. 1984. the Bureau of Reclamation prepared a draft
plan of study and in August. 1984. the Bureau entered into a
contract with the Cory Company which provided for a joint study
and cost-sharing arrangements to determine the viability of
using glacial alluvia in the high mountain valleys of Colorado
as ground-water "storage reservoirs."

Mr. Bill Martin. Regional Director. Bureau of Reclamation.
Lower Missouri Region. addressed the Board to explain the
proposed study and the relationship between the Bureau and the
cory Company in the conduct of the study.

In the ensuing Board discussions. several issues were
raised about the securing of water rights. the Cory Company's
plans for disposal of water. and several provisions of the
contract.

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