Since the first implementation plan was completed, the roundtable has identified new challenges, including: uncertainty of water uses with energy production (oil, gas, coal) endangered fish and related recovery programs increasing recreational use of the rivers increased water temperature and nutrient loads with state/federal regulations and Colorado River Compact issues. The roundtable has worked hard to support projects that are multibeneficial and impact all water users in the basin. The roundtable has also provided funding for municipal entities to enact water conservation programs and for the development of three water management plans (Steamboat Springs Management Plan, Yampa Integrated Water Management Plant and White River Integrated Water Initiative), as well as the White River and Upper Yampa Algae Research Projects. Other projects include support for the Lake Avery leased water coordination, funding for the Leafy Spurge Project and the Lower Elkhead Creek Restoration Project. The roundtable has helped fund agriculture diversion improvements and the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District grant program.
PROJECT WINTER BONUS OBJECTIVES UPDATE
The implementation plan update also provided an opportunity for the roundtable to review its accomplishments. Two members of the roundtable are also part of the InterBasin Compact Committee, which is a committee made up of the basin roundtables members and governor appointees, which provides a diverse balanced forum for water policy input across the state. These members review local and regional water issues and policies, and review and support local water projects that will help reduce water supply gaps within the region.
This specially calls out representatives from agriculture, municipal and industrial water users, as well as representatives from the environmental and recreational communities. To do this, the roundtable is made up of 35 members that represent all water users in the basin. This act created the Yampa White Green Basin Roundtable as one of the nine basin roundtables throughout Colorado focused on providing collaborative local input on water policy. The Colorado Legislature passed the Water for the 21st Century Act in 2005. But it is critical to our lives, and as the availability of water changes, it impacts everyone across the state. For most of us, we simply turn on a tap in our homes and water is there. The availability of water is easily taken for granted.
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