BOARD02617

• Board Meeting Date: 3/24/2003
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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MEMORANDUM
TO: Water Quality / Water Quantity Coordination Group
FROM: Bahrnan Hatami
DATE: March 4, 2003

SUBJECT: March 3, 2003 Meeting Summary

Attendees:

Carolyn McIntosh (CWCB)
Bahrnan Hatami (CWCB)
Jim Miller (CDOA)
Hal Simpson (DWR)
Suzanne Sellers (DWR)
Jack Byers (DWR)
Ken Knox (DWR)
Brian Nazarenus (WQCC)
Paul Frohardt (WQCC)
Mark Pifhcr (WQCD)
Dave Akers (WQCD)

Agenda

. Issues related to the Town of Avondale's emergency substitute water supply plan
. Discussion ofMiccosukee lawsuit
. Pending WQ-WQ related legislation
. WQCC March 12,2003 briefing of House-Senate Joint Ag Committee
. Follow up on the implementation of S.B. 2002-87 - Colorado Watershed Protection Fund
. Scheduling of next coordination meeting

Town of Avondale's substitute water supply plan

. The SEO will investigate issues involved with the Town of Avondale's request for renewal of its
substitute water supply plan (SWSP) and will brief the WQ-WQ Group at the next quarterly
meeting.
. Avondale is proposing to use deep ground water with naturally elevated radium levels to discharge
to surface waters as part of a substitute water supply plan.
. In southwest Colorado, a coalbed methane (CBM) producer is considering using produced waters
for beneficial purposes, in a manner that may involve discharging it to surfacc waters.
. The produced water may be considered wastewater, which would require a discharge permit from
the WQCD.
. SEO may have the authority under the SB 89-181 rules to approve the Avondale release of water as
a substitute supply.
. Taking into account the current stream standards, SEO may notify the WQCC of its approval of
Avondale's SWSP ifit believes stream standards would be exceeded; the WQCC could then decide
whether to consider the adoption of control regulations.
. There is a need to document the agencies' conclusions regarding how these circumstances should
be managed.

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