BOARD01967

• Board Meeting Date: 9/21/1998
• Description: WSP Section - Arkansas River Basin Issues - Arkansas River Future Water and Storage Needs Assessment Project
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources

721 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver. Colorado 80203
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STATE OF COLORADO

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Roy Romer
Governor

MEMORANDUM

James S. Lochhead
Executive Director, DNR

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Daries C. Lile. P.E.
Director, ewCB

FROM: Steve Miller, CWCB Interstate Streams and Hydrologic Investigations Section

DATE: September 15, 1998

SUBJECT: Agenda Item B.b., September 21-22,1998 Board Meeting
Arkansas River Basin Issues -
Arkansas River Future Water and Storage Needs Assessment Project

INTRODUCTION

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This agenda item is to give the Board an update on the status of the Future Water and Storage
Needs Assessment Project being conducted in the Arkansas River Basin by an enterprise of the
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District [SECWCD]. Steve Arveschoug, General
Manager of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, will be making a presentation
. to the Board which provides an overview of the project and its preliminary findings. The agenda
item is informational only and no Board action is required, comments and questions can be discussed
during the Board meeting or addressed directly to staff at any time.

The CWCB provided a $75,000 grant and technical assistance for this study to help municipal and
agricultural water users in the SECWCD service area identify future water demands, evaluate the
adequacy of existing supplies, and identify potential cooperative solutions to meet projected needs
for additional storage. Approximately 25 participating water supply entities are helping to fund the
study and mutually developed the Scope of Work being followed. A steering committee made up
of interested participating entities meets periodically to review study progress and provide input to
the consultant. The next steering committee meeting will be held on October 6, 1998 to review a
cO\llpleted draft of the study and to initiate a public review of the draft. CWCB staff participates in
the steering committee discussions, but does not vote on resolution of specific issues. Technical
analysis and report preparation for the Needs Assessment is being preformed by the Denver office
of GEl Consultants, a national engineering firm, under a $170,000 contract awarded June 24, 1997.

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