WSP00175

• File Number: 8062.200
• Description: Federal Reserved Water Rights - USFS - Water Division 2 - Negotiating Principles and Settlement
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 10/23/1997
• Author: D Randolph Seaholm
• Title: Technical Workgroup - Group 1 Stream Summary - October 23 1997
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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NATIONAL FOREST RESERVED WATER RIGHT CLAIMS
COLORADO WATER DIVISION 2
TECHNICAL WORKGROUP

GROUP 1 STREAM SUMMARY

October 23, 1997
prepared by
D. Randolph Seaholm

Overview

The technical workgroup (Group), composed of representatives from affected
water users in each watershed, the State, Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy
District and U.S, Forest Service, was given the task of providing flow recommendations
on Group 1 streams to the principal negotiators in the Colorado Water Division 2
National Forest Reserved Water Rights Claim Case. Originally, this task consisted of
reviewing 44 streams, Ofthese 44 streams, the United States Forest Service (USFS)
dropped claims on I. '
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In addition, the recommendation is to relocate the Quantification Point (QP) on 7
streams, which may result in two or three of the QP's being higher up in the basin,
instead of one QP far down on the stream that would command the entire watershed. As
a result, there are now 45 QP's in the Group 1 classification, Of these 43 QP's, the
Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) holds instream flow decrees or has
proposed instream flow recommendations on 25 streams,and there are 20 streams on
which information is needed, The CWCB, Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) and
USFS implemented a workplan for collecting data and developing flow recommendations
on the 20 streams at the proposed QP,

The data collection efforts were split between the CWCB and CDOW staff and
the USFS staff, To date, the CWCB and CDOW staffs, with assistance from two USFS
individuals, have completed their data collection and done the data redvction necessary to
develop flow recommendations, The USFS has completed the"'d~f1'Cotlection that was
agreed upon, That data has been provided to the CDOW, Data reduction has been
completed in cooperation with Dave Park of the USFS.

To date, the Group has met 4 times and will need to meet at least once more to
review the proposed flow recommendations being developed and discuss the high flow
recommendations further,

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