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Colorado Water PlanColorado Basin Implementation Plan
Grand County Town Hall Meeting
AgendaWe Are Glad You CameColorado Water Plan OverviewGap - Colorado River Basin ChallengesGrand County ChallengesBreakout Sessions
Thank You!Your ideas and input
Included in the final report (appendix)Merge common themes, ideas, concerns and
suggestions with other Town Hall input
Online survey found on websitehttp://coloradobip.sgm-inc.com
Entrance questionnaireInterviews with water professionals, managers
Colorado Water Plan Overview – Governor’s Executive
OrderCompilation of 9 Basin
Roundtables PlansHow can we meet the
“Gap”?Planning horizon-2050Draft due July 2014
9 Basin Roundtables
Governor’s Executive Order-Why?The “Gap” between future demand and
future projects is real….500,000 acre-feet per year
PopulationDrought Transfer of water rights from agriculture
is unacceptableWater qualityInterstate issues pressingFront Range new supply project
Your OpportunityTransition in thinking
IndividualRegionalStatewide
Colorado River Basin ChallengesLake Powell Elevations
Colorado River Basin ChallengesDrought
Anthony Artusa (NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC)
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Arkansas Basin Colorado Basin Gunnison BasinMetro Basin North Platte Basin Rio Grande BasinSouth Platte Basin Southwest Basin Yampa Basin
Population Increasing…No New Water
Many uses compete for a scarce and limited water supply
Municipal & Industrial9%
Agriculture86%
Recreation
Environment
Graphics provided by the Colorado Foundation for Water Education
Remaining 5% - recreation/fisheries, augmentation and recharge
What is the “Gap”?
How can we fill the Gap?Already planned projects (Windy Gap firming, Moffat Collection System+)
Conservation Ag to Urban
Transfers
New Projects(Colorado Basin development)
Graphics provided by the Colorado Foundation for Water Education
Population
County
2000 Population
2030
Population
Increase in Population
2000 to 2030
Percent
Change 2000 to
2030
Percent Annual Growth
Rate
Eagle 43,300 86,900 43,600 101 2.3
Garfield 43,800 119,900 76,100 274 5.2
Grand 12,900 28,800 15,900 123 2.7
Mesa 116,250 220,600 104,350 190 3.8
Pitkin 15,900 27,200 11,300 71 1.8
Summit 25,700 50,400 24,700 96 2.3
TOTAL 248,000 492,600 244,600 99 2.3
Colorado River Basin – double by 2030
Grand County – Upper Colorado River Basin Study (UPCO)Investigated water quantity/quality in Grand (and
Summit counties) Developed tools needed to understand impacts of
diversionsSupported negotiations among stakeholders
Current/future water supplyReservoir levelInstream flowsWater quality
Need for additional water supplies for existing and future municipal demands
Instream flows to support recreational uses and maintain low-flows for water quality
Grand County – Stream Management Plan80 miles of the Upper Colorado RiverFrame work for maintaining a healthy stream
system in Grand County - protect and enhance aquatic habitat
Also protect local water uses and retain flexibility for future water operations
IdentifiedTarget flows Restoration opportunities Monitoring recommendations
Grand CountyColorado River Cooperative Agreement
Denver Water and West Slope partnership (34 parties)Framework for numerous actions to benefit
water supply Environment
Denver Water to provide Grand County Provide 375 acre-feet (ski areas) 920 acre-feet Clinton Bypass Water Grand County Mutual Ditch and Reservoir Company – Vail Ditch
sharesDenver Water will not undertake any future water
development activities w/o prior approval of Grand County and Colorado River District
Assist in investigation/acquisition of Shoshone Power Plant by Western Slope parties
Grand County ChallengesDiverse water supplies (groundwater/surface
water)No reservoirs (fens, permitting)Reliance on instream flows
Water qualityFuture populationLarge fluctuations in demands – seasonalComplex water rights (exchanges,
pumpbacks, etc.)
Agriculture
What are Others Saying?Need for multi-use/multi-benefit reservoirsEducate on true cost of waterLand Use Policy
Preserve urban boundaries Limit water use/outside irrigationDepletions not just demand
Water Law PolicyAddress evaporation in municipal reservoirs"Use it or lose it" doctrine New water right should have to prove long term
supply
What are Others Saying?Forest health and water qualityConserve water use in agriculture on a basin
levelAssess savings within the whole ditch systemIncentivize agriculture Limit development
Breakout SessionsWhat are your top 5 biggest concerns?
ConsumptiveEnvironmental and Recreational
(Nonconsumptive)Agricultural