BOARD02463

• Board Meeting Date: 3/22/2005
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Proposed ISF Appropriations-Supplemental Information: At the January Meeting you asked us to
provide a list of water rights above and below the proposed instream flow appropriations. To
accommodate this request, a tabulation of water rights for each stream basin has been provided. In
addition, Staff has produced a series of maps depicting the proposed instream flow segments and the
location of nearby water rights. This information has been published on the cWCB's website. The
tabulations and maps for water division 4 streams can be found at:
hrt1J:/ /cwcb.state.co. us/ism 005/Reoorts/2005 Div4.htm.

The tabulations and maps for water division 7 streams can be found at:
hrt1J://cwcb.state.co.us/isfi'2005/Reoorts/2005 Div7.htm. Please feel free to contact Todd Doherty at 303-
866-3945 or by email.todd.dohertvlalstate.co.us. if you have any questions regarding this information.

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Summary of the ISF Workshop: A summary of the workshop is attached.

Rick Anderson Report Review: The DOW's proposed 2-D modeling approach remains under review by
the Upper Colorado River Recovery Implementation Program. One round of comments has been
provided to Mr. Anderson and response to those comments provided back to the Biology Committee. It is
hoped that the Biology Committee will now consider those response at their next meeting.

Reclamation to Brief Colorado Legislature: On Mar. 15, Deputy Commissioner Mark Limbaugh,
Upper Colorado Regional Director Rick Gold and Lower Colorado Regional Director Bob Johnson are
scheduled to brief the Joint Agricultural Committee on Colorado River Reservoir operations and related
issues. We will provide additional information about this briefing at the Board meeting.

NRLC Conference: The Natural Resources Law Center Annual June Water Conference will be held June
8-10,2005, and will be entitled: "Hard Times on the Colorado River: Drought, Growth and the Future of
the Compact." The CWCB is a sponsor of the Conference and registration forms are available at the
NRLc's website: hrt1J:/ /www.colorado.edu/law/centers/mlc/

Water Quality Update: The next Water Quality -Water Quantity Coordination Meeting is scheduled for
April 7.

The Water Quality Forum met on Jan. 24,2005. Among the issues discussed were emerging
contaminants and wastewater reuse regulations. Rick Brown also provided an update on Statewide Water
Supply Initiative findings and the next steps of the process.

The agenda for the Water Quality Control Commission meeting of March 2005 includes two rulemaking
hearings: Bear Creek Watershed Control Regulations and Discharge Permit System Regulations. The
WQCC will consider revisions to these regulations.

CSU Engineering Internship Fair: On Feb. 24, Anne Janicki, Dan Merriman, Tom Browning and Ray
Alvarado attended an Internship Fair at CSU sponsored by the Departments of Civil Engineering and
Chemical Engineering. The purpose of the fair was to provide students with an opportunity to learn more
about agencies and companies in Colorado and to explore potential employment opportunities. Numerous
state and federal agencies. and private companies were represented. The event was very well attended with
over 150 students participating. Many of the students expressed an interest in CWCB's programs and
provided resumes to staff for consideration.

December 2004 Water Court Resume Review Process: After reviewing all the water court resume
notices published in December 2004, Staff reviewed approximately 31 water court applications filed in
December 2004 that potentially could injure instream flow water rights. Based upon that review, Staff
filed statements of opposition to 15 applications, included in the March 2005 consent agenda.
Additionally, Staff was able to achieve protection ofthe Board's ISF water rights without filing

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