BOARD01505

• Board Meeting Date: 11/15/2005
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Instream Flow Program - How it Works and Why it's Good for Colorado". Dan then presented the paper .
at the conference. The conference was well attended; there was considerable interest in the State's ISF
Program and how the members of the association could participate in the ISF Program to further the
association's and their individual resource goals. ". Dan' s powerpoint presentation and paper can be
viewed on the CWCB website at htto:/Iwww.cwcb.state.co.uslisf/Prolll.1llllsllnstream.htm/ooweroointl

CUlM HiD Acquires Water-Projects Firm: CH2M Hill, the Douglas County-based engineering,
construction and operations fll'lll, has completed the acquisition of Ohio-based BBS Corp., a firm
specializing in water and wastewater treatment, distribution, and collection systems. BBS has completed
more than 200 water/wastewater system projects for clients, since its founding in 1937. Terms of the
acquisition were not disclosed.

Tamarisk 2005 Symposium: Biennially the Tamarisk Coalition and the Colorado State University
(CSU) Cooperative Extension co-host the Tamarisk Symposium in Grand Junction. The symposium was
held on Oct. 12-14 and was the preeminent conference on the tamarisk problem that focused on issues
related to tamarisk and riparian health throughout western North America. The symposium brought
together over 300 people from throughout the West that included key researchers, on-the-ground program
managers, environmental interests, and federaVstatellocal agencies to better understand the nature of the
tamarisk problem and to develop long-term solutions.

Western State Conege of Colorado 16" Headwaten Conferenee: Every faU, Western State College
.. hQsts a gatheringof scholars and writers, poets andjoumalists, public officials and community activists,
social and natural scientists, and the general inquiring minds from the moilntain region fOr' if weekend of
interdisciplinary and cross-cultural interaction on an issue of concern in the Headwaters Region. This .
year's Conference was held on Nov. 4-5.

Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI): The SWSI team has established a schedule for the ncxt 9
months of activities. The complete schedule was e-mailed to each Board Member and the participants in
the 4 Technical Roundtables. The first set of meetings were held on: Sept. 21- Water Efficiency; Sept.
26 - Alternative Agricultural Transfers to Pennanent Dry-up; Oct. 12 - Recreational and Environmental
needs; and Nov. 9 - Addressing the municipaVindustrial gap, agricultural shortages, and environmental
and recreational needs including development of alternatives. The meetings involved establishing
mission statements, and a set of priority work tasks for each technical roundtable. Subcommittees were
also formed to help the team address the priority work tasks.

Water AvaUabllity Task Force Meeting: The Water Availability Task Force met on Sept. 14, at the
Division of Wildlife Headquarters. Approximately 20 people attended the meeting. Findings of the
group included that at meeting time there were no snowpack figures to report. However, statewide
precipitation was at 98% of average and 115% of last year's sverage at the same time. Our primary
snowpack occurs between January and April of every year.

Task force members were in agreement that Colorado experienced a very hot July this year with record-
breaking temperatures, but that August had been generally cooler. The state climatologist predicted that
if the next six months were dry, Colorado could slip back into a drought, but it would not be as serious as
the drought of 2002. It was reported that reservoir levels and precipitation are improving but have not
recovered everywhere. There are a few low streamflows with some streamflows being lower than usual
for this time of year.

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