BOARD01249

• Board Meeting Date: 9/22/2003
• Description: CF Section - Colorado River Return Reconnaissance Study Update
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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MEMORANDUM

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TO:

Mike Serlet

September 12, 2003

FROM: Blaine Dwyer

SUBJECT: Colorado River Return Reconnaissance Study
Progress Report for September 22 CWCB Board Meeting

This memo presents progress on the Study since the executed contract was received by Boyle
Engineering on June 9, 2003.

Public InDnt

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Public input meetings were conducted on June 9 and lOin Grand Junction and Frisco, respectively.
Staff of the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) prepared arrangements and announcements
for the meetings. The meetings were conducted in an open house format with 16 graphic display boards.
Steve Dougherty (ERO Resources) and I represented the Boyle study team. Public status reports have
also been made at the July 29 CWCB meeting in Pagosa Springs and at the August 21 Colorado Water
Congress meeting in Steamboat Springs, the Club 20 Fall meeting in Grand Junction on September 6,
and at the CASFM conference in Breckinridge on September 11. Follow-up activities have included
interviews with print and broadcast media including national coverage.

PrOl!ress on Individual Work Tasks

The primary work activity in the first couple months has focused on the identification and analysis of
potential alignments within the North, Central, and South Corridors since this activity is on the critical
path to complete the Study on schedule (see Task 7 below).

Presented below are brief summaries of work accomplished to date on each of the study tasks:

Initial Work Tasks

Task 1 - Data Collection and Review - Collected and organized map data for use in alignment
studies. Pertinent reports obtained from various sources for review and input into a project
bibliography. Data sources included the CWCB, Colorado Water and Power Authority, CSU,
the Bureau of Reclamation, the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District. Additional data
has been requested from several other agencies and municipalities. In addition, information on
Grand Valley water development concepts and other issues were provided by several parties in
response to the public input meetings.

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Task 2 - Compilation of Water Demand Studies on the Arkansas, South Platte and Colorado
River Mainstem - State Demographer forecasts and water demand studies have been compiled.
Additional information has been requested. Two very specific demand projections, for the South
Metro area and for Colorado Springs are currently being completed by other agencies and may
not be available in time to incorporate effectively into the Study.

Updated Progress Report 9w 12w03.doc
DN.C72.50l-01

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