Derek Smithee, OWRB - Water Resources Board

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Instream/Environmental FlowsExisting Policy:• Current OWRB rule seeks to protect domestic usesthrough a set-aside of 6 acre-feet of water/year per160 acres of land• OWRB has established a 50 cfs minimum flowrequirement in a portion of Barren Fork Creek(established through OSU study)
Instream/Environmental FlowsOCWP Instream Flow Advisory Group:• 5 meetings between February-December 2010• Technical analysis of various instream flow methods• Analysis of regulation and potential implementation• Review of successful and unsuccessful programs in other states/countriesMembers from variety of interests:OK Water Resources BoardOK Department of Environmental QualityOK Conservation CommissionOK Department of Agriculture, Food & ForestryOffice of the Secretary of EnvironmentBureau of ReclamationU.S. Army Corps of EngineersOK Department of Wildlife ConservationU.S. Geological SurveyU.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceOklahoma Independent Petroleum AssociationOklahoma Cattlemen's AssociationCherokee NationOklahoma Rural Water AssociationOklahoma Municipal LeagueEnvironmental Federation of OklahomaOklahoma Farm BureauThe Nature ConservancyChesapeake Energy CorporationState Chamber of CommerceOklahoma State Parks
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