BOARD01204

• Board Meeting Date: 5/19/2003
• Description: CF Section - CRRRS Update
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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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.co.us

Bill Owens
Governor

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

MEMORANDUM

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief'~ r
Water Supply Planning ~~ance Section

FROM:

DATE:

May 9, 2003

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 10 - May 19-20, 2003, Board Meeting
Colorado River Return Reconnaissance Study (CRRRS) Update

With the passage of the Construction Fund Projects Bill SB03-110, funding has been
appropriated for the Colorado River Return Reconnaissance Study. The Study will commence upon
the Governor's signature of the bill and will be completed by November 15,2003. This is the first
study progress report to the CWCB. We will continue these reports at each Board meeting
throughout the year until study completion in November.

A study kick-off meeting was held April 16, 2003 at the CWCB offices to discuss study
scope, schedule, public input, and overall study objectives. Those in attendance were the CWCB
Technical Committee - Greg Hoskin, Carolyn McIntosh, Don Schwindt and Eric Wilkenson; CWCB
Staff - Rod Kuharich, Mike Serlet and Rick Brown; and the Boyle Engineering team - Blaine
Dwyer, Tom Roode, Jeff Bandy and Steve Dougherty.

The following is a brief outline of that meeting's conclusions:

I. Alternative CRRP Configurations
I. Diversion points
a. Various potential diversion points, including several that coincide with existing diversion
dams upstream of the Gunnison River confluence on the mainstem Colorado and on the

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