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~\V\ ~ IJ') ~ G- Sl..w.. 10'. ~' .~ k~\ - C"\"'- J c-\.. REVISED DRAFT 5-24-95: Press Release A-\o...."\ Arkansas River Coordinating Committee seeks information on additional water supplies that may be available for lease or purchase. The Water Acquisition Subcommittee of the Arkansas River Coordinating Committee ("ARCC") has initiated a process to gather information about water supplies in the Arkansas River Basin that may be available for purchase or lease by water users that need additional water to comply with future reguirements for well pumping. The Water Acquisition Subcommittee is developing a data- base of potential water supplies and inventorying the likely costs and impacts of particular types of voluntaty acquisitions. Alan Hamel, the Executive Director of the Board of Water Works of Pueblo and a member of the ARCC stated, "This data-base could be a valuable tool for those of us in the Arkansas Valley, The information we hope to gather will be useful as water users examine their options in light of the recent u.s, Supreme Court decidsion, part of any solution to these complex problems will undoubtably involve well pumpers obtaining additional water for augmentation." The Subcommittee recently sent out a request for information to major water supply owners in the Valley, and is interested in receiving information from other parties that may have excess water for sale or lease, 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 fonned 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 sources for future augmentation efforts, . Augmentation Subcommittee to examine methods to offset stateline depletions and