BOARD01726

• Board Meeting Date: 3/22/2005
• Description: Current State Legislative Issues
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 37-75-lOS. BASIN
REPRESENTATIVES NEED NOT BE MEMBERS OF THE BASIN ROUNDTABLE.
(C) USING DATA AND INFORMATION FROM THE STATEWIDE WATER
SUPPLY INITIATIVE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SOURCES, DEVELOP A
BASIN-WIDE WATER SUPPLY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS
OF A V AILABLEUNAPPROPRIATEDW ATERSWlTHINTHEBASIN, AND PROPOSE
PROJECTS OR METHODS FOR MEETING THOSE NEEDS AND UTILIZING THOSE
UNAPPROPRIATED WATERS WHERE APPROPRIATE. BASIN ROUNDTABLES
SHALL ACTIVELY SEEK THE INPUT AND ADVICE OF AFFECTED LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, WATER PROVIDERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED
STAKEHOLDERS AND PERSONS IN ESTABLISHING ITS NEEDS ASSESSMENT,
AND SHALL PROPOSE PROJECTS OR METHODS FOR MEETING THOSE NEEDS.
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TillS ASSESSMENT SHALL BE FORWARDED TO
THE INTERBASIN COMPACT COMMITTEE AND OTHER BASIN ROUNDTABLES
FOR ANALYSIS AND CONSIDERATION.
(3) (a) As USED IN THIS SUBSECTION (3), UNLESS THE CONTEXT
OTHERWISE REQUIRES:
(I) "WATER DIVISION" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 37-92-201.
(II) "WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT" MEANS THOSE DISTRICTS
ESTABLISHED BY THE DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES AND DEPICTED ON
MAPS PUBLISHED BY THE DIVISION.
(b) THE FOLLOWING BASIN ROUNDTABLES ARE HEREBY CREATED:
(1) THE SOUTH PLATTE BASIN ROUNDTABLE, CONSISTING OFW ATER
DIVISION 1 EXCEPTING THOSE PORTIONS OF WATER DIVISION 1 LISTED IN
SUBPARAGRAPH (Vill) OF THIS PARAGRAPH (b);
(II) THE ARKANSAS BASIN ROUNDTABLE, CONSISTING OF WATER

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