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Interbasin Compact Committee and Basin Roundtables. Gary Barber, Chair Arkansas Basin Rountable February, 2010. Topics for Presentation. Western Water Law is Counter Intuitive The Prior Appropriation Doctrine Compacts between the States Roundtables and the Future “Gap” Where are we now - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Gary Barber, ChairArkansas Basin Rountable
February, 2010
Interbasin Compact
Committee and Basin
Roundtables
Topics for Presentation
Western Water Law is Counter IntuitiveThe Prior Appropriation DoctrineCompacts between the States
Roundtables and the Future “Gap”
Where are we nowWhere to next?
The Prior Appropriation Doctrine
Mining requires all the water
First in time, first in right
The Prior Appropriation Doctrine
The Bureau of Reclamation Founded 1902 Conservation
defined by the image of Hoover Dam
The Prior Appropriation Doctrine
Colorado’s Family Feud 85% of the
usage is East
87% of the water is West
The Prior Appropriation Doctrine
Denver: 375,000 acre-feet/year
Colorado Springs: 85,000 acre-feet/year
Compacts Between the States
Equal Apportionment between the States
The Colorado River Compact of 1922Seven StateUpper and
Lower Basins
Compacts Between the States
Compact allowed for development of the resource
The antithesis of Prior ApproriationReserved
water for the future
Drought of 2002
Dillon Reservoir
A Challenging Era for Colorado WaterA Challenging Era for Colorado WaterThirty years ago: Colorado’s population was ~ 2 million Three of Colorado’s four basins were
underappropriated. It was an era of water abundanceToday: Colorado’s population is ~ 5 million Three of our four basins are
overappropriated. We are now in an era of water scarcity
-- and tradeoffs.
Briefing by Colorado’s Director of Natural Resources, Harris Sherman, Jan, 2009
Yampa/White/GreenYampa/White/Green
North North PlattePlatte
South PlatteSouth Platte
ColoradoColorado
GunnisonGunnison
Dolores/ Dolores/ San Juan/ San Juan/ San MiguelSan Miguel
Rio GrandeRio Grande
ArkansasArkansas
107,600 AF107,600 AF
10,300 AF10,300 AF
Identified Identified ProjectsProjects
404,300 AF404,300 AF
Gap Gap 107,800 AF107,800 AF
2030 M&I Water Demands and Gaps2030 M&I Water Demands and Gaps
Briefing by Colorado’s Director of Natural Resources, Harris Sherman, Jan, 2009
The RoundtablesLegislative
ly formed in 2005
Basin by Basin
Standing for non-water users:Land useEnviro/Rec
Interbasin Compact Committee
AKA the “Uber” Group
Two reps from each of the Nine (9) Roundtables
Six (6) from the Governor
Two (2) from the General Assembly
The Director of Interbasin Compact Negotiations
What is the Arkansas Basin Roundtable?
Two (2) representatives from each CountyPlus conservancy &
conservation districtsPlus ten (10) at large
membersAgricultureRecreation &
EnvironmentIndustry and small
municipal water providers
MembershipArk Roundtable Membership Roster (current 7/14/08)
Voting MembersRepresenting
First Name Last Name
Voting MembersRepresenting
First Name Last Name
1 At-Large Environmental SeEtta Moss 29 Huerfano County Lindsay Case2 At-Large Lcl Dmstc Wtr Prov Lissa Pinello 30 Huerfano County WCD 3 At-Large Agriculture John Proctor 31 Huerfano Muni4 At-Large Agriculture Jonathan Fox 32 Kiowa County Rod Brown 5 At-Large Agriculture Tom Brubaker 33 Kiowa Muni Cardon Berry6 At-Large Agriculture Dan Henrichs 34 Lake County Dennis Smith7 At-Large Agriculture John Schweizer 35 Lake Muni Bud Elliott8 At-large Industrial Jane Rawlings 36 Las Animas County Tom Verquer9 At-Large Recreation Reed Dils 37 Las Animas Muni James Fernandez
10 At-Large Water Rights Owner Reeves Brown 38 Legislative Appointment Alan Hamel11 Baca County Glen Ausmus 39 Lincoln County John Reid12 Baca Muni Max Smith 40 Lincoln Muni Dave Stone13 Bent County Frank Wallace 41 Lower Arkansas Valley WCD Jay Winner14 Bent Muni Lawrence Sena 42 North La Junta WCD15 Chaffee County Tim Glenn 43 Otero County Kevin Karney16 Chaffee Muni Patricia Alderton 44 Otero Muni Joe Kelley17 Cheyenne County 45 Prowers County Virgil Cochran18 Cheyenne Muni 46 Prowers Muni Doug Montgomery19 Crowley County Terry Rusher 47 Pueblo Conservancy District Ricky Kidd20 Crowley Muni Carl McClure 48 Pueblo County Anthony Nunez21 Custer County Keith Hood 49 Pueblo Muni Tom Florczak22 Custer Muni 50 Purgatoire River WCD Jeris Danielson23 El Paso County Gary Barber 51 Saguache County Tom Young24 El Paso Muni Wayne Vanderschuere 52 Southeastern Colo WCD Jim Broderick25 Elbert County Larry Reeves 53 Teller County26 Elbert Muni 54 Teller Muni27 Fremont County Michael Stiehl 55 Upper Arkansas WCD Terry Scanga28 Fremont Muni Tom Piltingsrud
Potential Members 55Active Members 46Quorum Regular (50%) 32
Non-Voting Membe
rs and
Interested
Parties
Non Voting MembersFirst Name Last Name
1 Aqua Engineering Inc (Contract Facilitator) MaryLou Smith2 Colo. Div. of Water Resources (Division 2 Engineer) Steve Witte3 Colo. Division of Wildlife (liason) Jay Skinner4 Colo. Division of Wildlife (liason) John Tonko5 Colo. Geological Survey (liaison) Ralf Topper6 Colo. State Parks, Ark Headwaters Rec Area Rob White7 Colo. State University (liason) Perry Cabot8 Colo. State University (liason) Jeff Tranel9 Director of Natural Resources (IBCC) Viola Bralish
10 Director of Natural Resources (IBCC) Eric Hecox11 DMSC, LLC (Secretary to Roundtable) Elise Bergsten12 Ft. Carson liaison Gary Belew13 Non-Voting At Large Member (Aurora Water) Mark Pifher14 Non-Voting At Large Member (Roaring Fork) Phil Overeynder15 Rep John Salazar's Office Loretta Kennedy16 U.S. Army Corps of Eng (liaison) Van Truan17 U.S. Bureau of Land Management Paul Trentzsch18 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (liason) Tom Musgrove19 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (liason) Roy Vaughan20 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (liason) Ed Warner21 U.S. Forest Service (liason) Misty DeSalvo22 U.S. Forest Service (liason) Deb Entwistle
Interested PartiesFirst Name Last Name
1 Aqua Prima Center, Inc. Jack Flobeck2 Arkansas Groundwater Users Asso Brenda Fillmore3 Arkansas Groundwater Users Asso John Sliman4 Aurora Water Tom Simpson5 CU-Boulder John Wiener
6 Lake County Bill Klauber
7 Lower Arkansas Valley WCD Bill Hancock
8 Pikes Peak Whitewater Gordon Stringer
9 Pueblo Chieftain Chris Woodka10 Round Mtn Water & San Dist Chris Haga11 self Ken Weber12 self Loren Whittemore13 Teller County Kurt Dahl
Salting the Mine
House Bill 06-179
$40 Million for Grants$10 million
per yearSeverance
Tax
STARTRequest that meets
basic criteria
MEMBER? Yes
No
ContactMember
Sponsored toNeeds Assessment
Needs Committee(Recv’d 10 days prior)Presentation (optional)
Tally of members: a. Recommend/not recommendb. Basin Only or Statewide funds
Returned Vote
Need more info, duplication, other funding sources
Forward toExec. Comm.to set agenda
Roundtable Meeting(Electronic distribution
10 days prior w/Tally of Needs Comm.)
1. Presentation2. Discussion ____________
Consensus? YesNo
Vote toVote?
No
Yes
Applicant: Preparesfinal submission
to CWCB w/Chairman’s Letter
(Includes dissentingopinion, if any)
2nd Roundtable75% Supermajority?
Yes
NoSTOP
SB 179CWCB BOARD MEETING
Statewide: March/Sept.In-Basin: Above + Jan, May
July, Nov
60 days prior
As of: March 31, 2009
Approved CWCB Mtg Basin StatewideArk Valley Conduit March 07 $0 $200,000Tamrisk $0 $50,000Upper Black Squirrel Recharge March 07 $45,200Ground Water Conference March 07 $24,721Fountain Creek Vision Task Force May 07 $75,000Round Mountain Water District May 07 $120,000Lower Ark Rotational Fallowing (Superditch) October 07 $150,000Upper Big Sandy Water Balance Jan 08 $45,000Transfers Subcommittee Facilitation Jan 08 $23,860
GARNA Arkansas Headwaters Diversion Improvements Jan 09 $57,955City of Las Animas March 08 $100,000 $200,000State Parks Zebra Mussel Response March 08 $1,000,000Colo. State University Basin wide investigation September 08 $100,000 $500,000Zero Liquid Discharge (La Junta R.O. Brine) September 08 $25,000 $700,000Upper Ark Conservancy Water Monitoring Devices September 08 $75,000 $210,332
Subtotal $783,781 $2,918,287PendingNon-Consumptive Needs Quantification May, 09 $148,975 $0Bedload/Sediment Removal and Collection System September, 09 $40,000 $145,000Groundwater Policy: Aquifer Storage and Recovery* July, 09 $20,000 $0
Subtotal $208,975 $145,000*Pending commitment by other Basin Roundtables (total: $60,000)
Total by Category Summary $992,756 $3,063,287IBCC/CWCB Allocation $1,000,000Remaining Funds $7,244
Conclusions: Could we work together?
My answer is YES!
The Basin Roundtables
Non-Consumptive Needs Assessment
Ag to Urban Water Transfers
KEY KEY FINDINGSFINDINGS
Total Gross Gap: 31,700 – 31,900 AF
Counties with largest gap: El Paso (unincorporated):
22,600 AF Increased demand: 9,250 AF Loss of existing groundwater
supplies: 13,350 AF Lake: 5,000 AF
Increased demand- Climax Mine, unincorporated areas, etc
Arkansas Basin Consumptive
Use Water Needs Assessment
Arkansas Basin Roundtable
Arkansas Basin Roundtable
Additional Challenges to
Meeting Demand in 2030
(i.e. need for major IP&Ps)
I. Technological, Operational, Regulatory Needs
Need for structures (e.g. SDS, Arkansas Valley Conduit)
Water quality issues Drinking water standards (affects wells w/ radionuclides)
Surface water quality standards (affects RO brine disposal)
Need for additional water rightsTotal Need: Approximately 45,200 AF
Non-Consumptive Needs Assessment
Configured on Hydraulic Unit Codes (HUC’s) and their attributes
Adopted at the April, 2008 Roundtable Meeting
WATERSHED
ATTRIBUTES
HUC 1
HUC 3
HUC 2
Non-Consumptive Needs Assessment:Non-Consumptive Needs Assessment:
HUC MethodologyHUC Methodology
The “Water for the 21st Century” Act
“Basin Roundtables shall actively seek input and advice in establishing its needs assessment, and shall propose projects or methods for meeting those needs.”
A Resource Document
Sustainability ValuesBearableViableEquitable
Projects and Methods MatrixExecutive Summary
The Colorado River is important
Sustainability Values
Economic
EnvironmentalSocial
Sustainability
Is it equitable?
Is it bearable?
Is it viable?
Summary of ScoresPlans and Projects Via
ble
Equi
tabl
e
Beara
ble
Com
posite
Preferred Storage Option Plan 3.93 4.26 4.14 12.33Round Mountain Water District well installation 3.86 4.07 4.21 12.13Arkansas Valley Conduit 3.71 4.26 4.14 12.11Upper Ark Conservancy Water Monitoring Devices 3.74 4.00 4.21 11.96Tamrisk Removal 3.86 4.28 3.76 11.89 Arkansas Headwaters Diversion Improvements 3.79 3.93 4.11 11.82Colo. State University Basin wide investigation (DSS?) 3.81 3.96 4.00 11.78State Parks Zebra Mussel Response 3.79 4.00 3.87 11.65Fountain Creek Flood Control and Mitigation 3.50 3.89 4.07 11.46Surface Storage construction 3.96 3.54 3.82 11.32Southern Delivery System 3.36 3.54 4.23 11.13Ground Water Recharge in Upper Ark Basin 3.32 3.85 3.61 10.78Bedload/Sediment Removal and Collection System 3.48 3.71 3.50 10.70Zero Liquid Discharge (La Junta R.O. Brine) 3.41 3.76 3.48 10.65Upper Black Squirrel Recharge 3.10 3.57 3.48 10.16City of Las Animas 2.96 3.48 3.63 10.08Stonewall Springs Quarry storage project 3.17 3.20 3.56 9.92Lake County Water Quality Improvments 3.00 3.15 3.15 9.30Aurora Box Creek Reservoir 2.52 2.86 3.19 8.56Buy and Dry-up of Agricultural Water Rights 2.31 2.24 3.30 7.85
Statewide Projects Viable Bearable Equitable Comp.Green Mtn Pumpback (Colorado River) 3.25 3.73 3.58 10.56Blue Mesa Pumpback/Aspinall Marketable Pool 3.39 3.65 3.42 10.47Flaming Gorge Import 3.34 3.46 3.14 9.95Yampa River Import 3.07 3.31 3.11 9.49Central Colorado Project (formerly Union Park) 2.54 2.30 2.48 7.31Mississippi Import project 2.60 1.93 2.75 7.28
Summary of Methods ScoresVoluntary Flow Agreement 4.54 4.54 4.31 13.46Municipal conservation 4.44 4.11 4.33 12.89Non-Native Phreatophyte removal 4.10 4.40 4.10 12.60Rotating Agricultural Fallowing 4.21 4.14 3.86 12.21Industrial Efficiency 4.00 4.00 3.78 11.78Trans-continental diversion 3.88 3.44 3.67 10.88Visioning Task Force 3.31 3.85 3.62 10.77Undeground Water Storage 3.31 3.69 3.46 10.46Deep Aquifer Storage 3.21 3.64 3.43 10.29In-Stream Flow via Water Trust 3.64 3.36 3.21 10.21Change Water Law: Not use it or lose it 2.22 3.00 2.78 8.00
Where do we go from here?Huge infrastructure costs ahead
Small projects
The Gap is not going away