BOARD01703

• Board Meeting Date: 5/5/1981
• Description: CWCB Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

might want to discuss that general issue before dealing with

the particulars of the four requested feasibility studies.

Considerable discussion ensued among members of the Board,

during which it was noted that it might be appropriate to

emphasize the storage of water whether it led to increased

consumptive use or not.

In the course of the discussion,

several Board members also raised questions about various

particulars of the four requested feasibility studies, noting

that it was not clear from the information available whether

the proposed projects would increase the beneficial

consumptive use of water or whether historical agricultural

uses would merely be transferred to the municipal sector.

During the course of the conversation, Mr. Kroeger

called upon Mr. Andy Andrews from Water Resources~~~

..c..aJ . d- Inc., representing the Town of Erie, and upon
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Mr. ~' from Rocky Mountain Consultants, representing the

Town of Louisville. Both of these gentlemen addressed
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themsei~ to various questions which had been raised by Board

members about certain water right aspects and the intended

water uses of those two towns' respective proposed projects.

Following the comments from these members of the

audience, Mr. Pascoe moved, seconded by Mr. Vandemoer, that

the Board undertake feasibility studies for each of the four

proposed projects, subject to the terms and conditions set

forth in the motion concerning the Beeman project, said

feasibility studies to examine the water rights and

beneficial consumptive use aspects of each of the proposed

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