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<br />Water Availability Study of Colorado River and Tributaries <br />(Pursuant to SB 07-122) <br /> <br />Draft, Preliminary Scope of Work <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Senate Bill 07-122 directs the Colorado Water ConselTation Board (Board) to evaluate <br />water m'ailability in the Colorado River and its tributaries. SB 07-122 provides up to <br />$500,000 for the conduct of the study with no set deadline for completion. The language <br />in the statute also indicates that: <br />. The Board shall work in full consultation with, and the active involvement of. the <br />basin roundtables <br />. The Study shall consider current and potential future in-basin consumptive and <br />non-consumptive needs <br />. The Board, in consultation with the basin roundtables, shall recommend whether <br />additional study or phases of study should be undertaken. <br /> <br />To facilitate the preparation of this initial. draft scope of work for the study, Board staff <br />met with the Interbasin Basin Compact Committee (IECC), consisting principally of <br />basin roundtable representatives, on May 9th and June 19th, 2007. It is elwisioned that <br />tllis draft scope would be fmiher refined through <br />review/comment of the IECC prior to being <br />presented to the basin roundtables for <br />input/comments. Written input and comments on <br />tllis draft scope should be directed to Rick Brown at <br />Rick.Brown@state.co.us or Dan McAuliffe at <br />Dan.McAuliffe(mstate. co. us. <br /> <br />Introduction. . <br />Study Purpose/Goals/Organization.. <br />General Guidelines tl)f Study.. <br />Technical Approach.. <br />Schedule. <br />Budget <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />8 <br />8 <br /> <br />STUDY PURPOSE/GOALS/ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE <br /> <br />The IECC felt that it was important to have an agreed upon set of study goals. The IECC <br />also believed that the study should be done in phasesl: ~,-,-i~l~ ~l~ f~r~U2~'!S~ _o[!~~ ~t~~~ _ _ _ _ _ _- <br />focused primarily on water supply. It is understood that the initial phase of this study <br />will be conducted in parallel to other <br />currently performed studies such as <br />the 1) water needs assessments being <br />performed by the basin roundtables, <br />2) the Consumptive Water Needs <br />Group, and 3) the Non-Consumptive <br />Water Needs Group. It is expected, <br />as shown on Figure I, that the <br />results of the Phase 1 Water <br /> <br />Figure 1 <br />Phase I \/Vater Availability/Initial Needs Assessments Relationship <br /> <br /> <br />Phase 1 " Colorado River Water Availability Study <br /> <br /> <br />Water Needs <br />Non ConsumptiYe <br /> <br />Use and I <br /> <br />Colorado Riwr Water A\'ailability Study Scope <br /> <br />June 25, 2007 Draft <br /> <br />Comment: I suggest shmving the <br />anticipated phases. Randy's "Detailed <br />version 6/8/07" has this on the last page. <br />