Colorado Water Quality Forum Retreat
The Inn at Keystone--June 26-27, 2003
Group Memory
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Water Quality Forum Annual Evaluation

What worked well in the past year?

• Web information posted on site
• Having the meetings scheduled in advance
• The working groups
• Knowing the WQCC priorities for working groups
• Large turnouts at all of the meetings

What do we need to change or didn't work well?

• Send out invoices in May
• Trading working group needs environmental and Forest Service participation [Jeannette will ask Melinda to get someone]
• Need more involvement from Federal Agencies and Industry
• Stormwater people are not attending as much as needed
• Should we use a list serve? [Web Site Committee will work on this]
• The WQCC needs to be briefed more regularly on work group activities [Let Paul know when significant issues surface]
  

Water Quality Forum Administrative Committees for 2003- 2004:

Agreement was reached on the following administrative committees and members:

• Executive committee
  Jeanette Hillery, Robert Sakata, Don Carlson
• Agenda Committee
  Paul Frohardt, Mark Pifher., Jeannette Hillery, Vic Lucero, Barbara Biggs, Pat Nelson
• Website committee
  Pat Nelson, Paul Frohardt, Meg Collins, Barbara Biggs, Dave Merritt
  

WQF Work Plan for 2003 - 2004

After listing all of the issues, The Water Quality Forum completed a triage of these issues into:

• Issues for work groups
• Issues for monitoring or informational briefings only
• Issues not a priority at this time.

2003- 2004 Water Quality Forum work groups:

• Impacted Water Supply (Dave Akers)
• Nutrient Criteria (Bob McConnell)
• Sediment Guidance (Bob McConnell)
• Aquatic Life Classifications (Bob McConnell)
• Water Quality Trading Policy (Pat Nelson)
• Section 303(d)/TMDL (Phil Hegeman)
• Section 309 Study Advisory Group (Carl Norbeck)
• Basic Standards Triennial Review (Paul Forhardt)
  (include temperature and ammonia standards, aquatic life classification, Mercury?, and others identified)
  --Next Meeting: October 20, 1-4 p.m., Sabin Room

Issues for monitoring or informational briefings only:

• EPA action on Colorado's 2002 Section 303(d) List.
• New proposed federal TMDL regulations?
• Arid West Water Quality Research Project.
• Colorado Water Quality Monitoring Council status.
• Proposed "Good Samaritan" Act.
• Colorado Ground Water Quality Protection Council (Spring 2004)
• Source Water Protection Program (September 2003)
• Mercury standards and compliance (Dave Akers)
• EPA rulemaking proposal regarding scope of Clean Water Act jurisdiction
• Whole effluent toxicity test methods (Tad Foster)
• Talent Irrigation decision
• Interaction between EQIP and 319 (Nonsource Point report, January 2004)
• Natural Disaster Water Quality Issues (September 2003)
• Funding Study: SB 276
• Fish Consumption Advisories (November 2003)
• Montana Case and Miccosulcee Case Issues (September 2003)
• Selenium- pulling together all working groups (September/November)
• Safe Drinking Water Act Regulations and State response (January 2004)
• Status of EPA approvals relative to ESA consultations

2003-2004 Water Quality Forum Meeting Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will be from 12:30 - 4:00 in the Board Room at DRCOG.

• September 22, 2003
• November 24, 2003
• January 26, 2004
• March 22, 2004
• May 24, 2004
• Retreat dates - TBD

Evaluation of the Water Quality Forum Retreat

What worked?

• Location
• Broccoli
• Stakeholder perspectives
• Hotel
• Facilitation
• Peggy Cuciti ("Mind of Colorado")

What improvements are there?

• Toast and juice with breakfast
• Check in before 6 p.m.!
• Accurate bills from front desk

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