WSP01302

• File Number: 8126.700
• Description: Arkansas River Coordinating Committee - Committees - Subcommittees
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 5/30/1995
• Author: CWCB
• Title: Water Acquisition Subcommittee Transmittal Letter - Water Availability
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources

STATE OF COLORADO

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721 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver. Colorado 80203
Phooe [phone]
FAX [phone]

Roy Romer
Governor

James S. Lochhead
Executive Director. DNR

May 30, 1995

Oanes C.li1c. P.E.
Director, ewes

Dear Interested Parties:

As a major water supplier OT diverter in the Arkansas River Basin, you may already be aware
of the wOTkings of the Arkansas River CooTdinating Committee ("ARCC"). The Water
Acquisition Subcommittee ("WAS") of the ARCC has initiated a process to gather
information about water supplies in the ATkansas River Basin that may be available for
purchase or lease, The WAS is developing a data-base of potential water supplies and an
inventory of the likely costs and impacts of particular types of voluntary transactions, The
W AS is inteTested in learning more about wateT supplies you own or control and which may
be available for sale or lease to groups or individuals that need additional water fOT well
augmentation plans they are developing. This letter is to invite you to submit information
about any such water Tights to the WAS for inclusion in the data-base.

Governor Romer created the ARCC by Executive Order in August 1994 to address issues
arising from the likely outcomes of the U.S. Supreme Court case, Kansas v. Colorado. The
Committee consists of nearly 40 members, representing well owner groups, surface water
users, conservancy districts, county commissioners, municipalities, and Department of Natural
Resources agencies. The Committee has been meeting approximately monthly since
September 1994 at various locations in the Arkansas Valley. Three subcommittees have been
fornled to address, in some detail, the specific issues identified by the Governor and the
ARCC members as follows:

. Water Acquisition Subcommittee, to examine organizational structures and
water supply SOUTces for future augmentation efforts.

. Augmentation Subcommittee, to exarnine methods to offset stateline depletions
and prevent injury to Colorado surface rights from out-of-priority well
pumpmg.

. Recreation Subcommittee, to examine options for cooTdinating the acquisition
of recreation water to improve recreation and wildlife opportunities at aTea
reservoirs with the need for additional well augmentation water supplies,