Meeting Colorado’s Future Water Needs With Limited Resources The Colorado Water Conservation Board Finance Section Chief : Tim Feehan, P.E Colorado Water Workshop

Colorado Water Conservation Board Presentation Summary:  2050 M&I Gap Projections  Meeting Colorado Water Demands

Presentation Summary:  CWCB Loan Program & Other Funding Options  Summary Colorado Water Conservation Board

Eric Wilkinson Reed Dils 51 Projects $103,000,000 Travis Smith 17 Projects $6,800,000 Jeff Blakeslee 14 Projects $23,000,000 Carl Trick 3 Projects $1,500,000 John Redifer 67 Projects $101,000,000 John McClow 32 Projects $10,000,000 Barbara Biggs April Montgomery 30 Projects $39,000, Projects $393,000,000

2050 M&I Water Use Projections– final complete Energy Study Phase 2 Revised Water Use Scenarios Memo – draft roundtable product complete; finalize in August M&I Gap Analysis – draft scheduled for August Reconnaissance Level cost Estimates for Ag & New Supply Strategy Concepts– final complete Ag Demands/ Alternative Transfer Methods – draft complete; finalize in 2010 Statewide Water Needs Assessment (SNA) Nonconsumptive: – Watershed Flow Evaluation Tool Pilot Study– final complete – NCNA Focus Mapping (Phase 1 )– final complete – NCNA Phase 2 – draft complete; finalize in 2010 State Needs Assessment Conservation Products: – SWSI Conservation Levels Analysis – final complete – Evaluation of Passive Savings– final complete – Guidebook of Best Management Practices for Municipal Water Conservation in Colorado– final scheduled for August – M&I Conservation Strategies – draft scheduled for September; finalize in 2010 SNA – Feasibility Study to Assess the Permanency & Penetration Rates of M&I Water Conservation – draft scheduled for October; finalize in Dec Portfolios and Strategies – draft scheduled for September – Density Memo – draft completed and will be appendix for portfolios memo Final 2010 State Needs Assessment Report – due Nov/Jan timeframe List of Reports

Reports in M&I Context Oil Shale Phase II Energy Report M&I Demands to 2050 The Gap Identified Projects & Processes (IPPs) Passive Conservation Report Density Memo Conservation Strategy ATM Methods Ag Transfer & New Supply Development Cost Estimates

2050 M&I and SSI Demand

M&I Gap – Low Scenario

M&I Gap – Medium Scenario

M&I Gap – High Scenario

Addressing the M&I Gap

35,000 to 73,000 acres 51,000 acres 77,000 acres 21,000 to 28,000 acres 180,000 to 267,000 acres 7,000 to 13,000 acres 83,000 to 84,000 acres 18,000acres 66,000 acres 2050 Changes in Irrigated Acres Statewide Total: 504,000 to 718,00 acres 15 to 20 percent

Reports in the M&I Context Oil Shale Phase II Energy Report Build-out: 0, 59, 120 KAF 2050 Range: 0, 7.2, 44 KAF New M&I Demands to Baseline Demands: 745 KAF to 1.1 MAF Passive Conservation Report 154 KAF IPPs 439 KAF to 596KAF Conservation Strategy 157 KAF KAF Density Memo 10% off new metro supplies (35 KAF). Generally x % denser = x/2% water savings Ag Transfer & New Supply Development Cost Estimates Life Cycle Costs: Ag $16 B-$24 B New $16 B-$19 B ATM Methods 1.Presumptive Consumptive Use 2.Ability to transfer part of CU 3.Ditch-wide analysis Other Needs: Nonconsumpitive: 700+ Projects & Methods Mapping finalized for whole state Agricultural Needs: 2050 Ag Demands: 5.6 MAF (15 to 20 % decrease in irrigated acres)

Funding $$$$

Financing/ Water Project Loans Low Interest Loans for Water Projects (2.75% for ag) – Rehabilitation – Dam Safety Restrictions – New or Increased Storage – Purchase of Water Rights 424 Project Authorized Since 1971 $704M in Loan Funds Approved To-date 50 Projects in Design/Const. - $331M

Severance Tax Trust Fund Perpetual Base Account Construction Fund & CWCB is Self-Supporting General Fund $0 $ CWCB’s Funds

CWCB REVOLVING FUNDS 1.Construction Fund – Principal & Interest from Loans, Treasury Interest & Federal Mineral Lease. 2.Severance Tax Perp. Base Fund Principal & Interest from Loans, Treasury Interest, and 25% of all Severance Tax.

$130M transferred FY09/10 Legislative Cash Transfers

Program Impacts - CWCB No New Loans 2010, 2011, - ? No New Statewide or Basin Grants No New Studies Compact Compliance Limited Resources for Satellite Monitor and Stream Gauge Monitoring and Decision Support System

Program Impacts – (SEO) Stream Gauge Monitoring Program at Risk Reduced SEO Funding Levels: – 2,900 Dams/Reservoir – 1,904 Jurisdictional – 118,000 AF of Restricted Storage Statewide – 243 SWSP’s reviewed 2008 – 5,600 Well Permit Applications Reviewed – 1,174 Small/Large Capacity Well Permits Issue – Adm. of 14M AF of Annual Surface Diversions

Other Funding Options Water and Power Development Authority USDA Rural Development Natural Resources Conservation Service Department of Local Affairs Federal Projects

Summary Water shortage is not just a 2030/50 Issue Conservation, Re-use, Alt. Transfer Methods Additional Storage Rehabilitation of Existing Infrastructure Funding and Impacts Get Involved