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• Board Meeting Date: 3/21/2006
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Mutual Irrigation Company, and District 67 Irrigating Canals Association that was sent to local Water
Conservancy Districts, other water management associations, area Senators and Representatives, and
State water officials. The letter concerned the proposal to implement a system of reservoirs on Fountain .
creek with the intent of controlling the effluent discharge of Colorado Springs. The project has been
advocated by Attorney Ray Petros as a consultant for the City of Pueblo. The authors of the letter stated
that any dam or reservoir that restricts the historical flow of Fountain Creek has the potential to
substantially damage the interests of downstream farmers and other users who depend on the water, and
asked that these negative issues be kept in mind as the project is discussed in the future.

Chaffee County RICD Update: The Chaffee County RICD continued hearing and deliberations has
been scheduled for the Board's March meeting.

Arkansas River Basin Water Forum Scheduled: "A Hundred Years of Change" is the title of the
April 20-21 2006 Arkansas River Basin Water Forum that will be held at the Chaffee County Fair
Grounds in PODCha Springs, CO

The Arkansas River Basin Water Forum has been held annually since 1995 bringing together diverse
water interests to engage in open dialogue about water issues in the basin. The Forum seeks to create a
greater understanding of Colorado water law, water use, water conservation, and issues related to water
allocation and management. The Forum focuses on agricultural, municipal, industrial, environmental,
recreational, and governmental issues and attendance by all water users, as well as the general public is
encouraged.

For general information about the 2006 Arkansas River Basin Water Forum, contact Kathryn Wadsworth
(phone [phone]). For questions about registration, contact Kathy Trujillo (phone [phone] x4)
Additional info is also available at: htto://www.arbwf.onz/

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Floodplain Mapping ruts Snag in Pueblo: The process of remapping Pueblo County floodplains may
be delayed by a demand by FEMA to recertify levees on the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek. FEMA
at the Region 9 office in Denver said the requirement is a purely routine part of updating the floodplain
maps and should not be taken as a threat.

The City of Pueblo has taken the position that the Fountain Creek levees, put in place in the 1980's, will
be recertified

The Arkansas levee, which may be better known to the current residents of Pueblo as a huge mural and
the backdrop of the city's new kayak course, was built in the mid 1920's after the flood of 1921, and is
owned and operated by the Pueblo Conservancy District. Chairman Gus Sandstrom said he hadn't heard
about the recertification issue. He did say the district recently asked the Army Engineers about some
"piping" problems in the levee near the kayak course, referring to a leak that allows water to form an
erosive channel in the earth fill of the structure, and the District has hired a firm to try and find any void
spots in the earth fill of the levee, underneath the concrete shell.

The remapping work was supposed to done completed by this September, but there are worries that the
levee recertification could delay that completion significantly.

Recent SECWCD Meetings and Events:
Preferred Storage Options Meeting was held Thursday, February 23,2006 at 10:00 a.m. at the
District office, 31717 United Avenue, Pueblo, CO

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