WSP12263

• File Number: 8272.500
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Colo Dept of Public Health - WQCC and WQCD
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 10/1/1990
• Author: WQCD
• Title: Colorado Nonpoint Source Management Program - Prepared to Fulfill the Requirements of Section 319 of the Clean Water Act
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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II. Process for Prioritization of Pro;ects for Nonooint Source Fundina

The object of Section 319 management programs is to prioritize watersheds for
installation of management practices which will improve water quality and the
beneficial uses of these waters. Prioritization of project areas, for funding
of demonstration projects and research activities is then central to progress
~ under this section of the Act. This portion of the organization chapter will
~ delineate a process for prioritizing projects for funding, discuss research
~ and statewide educational needs and their relationship to 319 and 201 funding,
~ and also provide guidance for the preparation of project implementation plans
which will demonstrate the need for nonpoint source funding.

Prioritization of demonstration projects involves ranking projects through the
use of a priority system (Table 1). The Nonpoint Source Task Force assists
the Qivision in applying ranking criteria and other factors to determine the
priority of nonpoint source projects. Once demonstration projects have been
ranked using this system, the Water Quality Control Division may prepare a
priority list for funding specific projects. This process allows both
tangible and intangible benefits to be weighed in the ranking. process.
Statewide educational projects will be funded based upon their merit,as
judged by the Water Quality Control Division. These projects will not be
ranked using priority ranking criteria.

The Water Quality Control Commission reviews final state priorities for
funding of demonstration projects and statewide programs based on the
recommendations of the Division, the Task Force, and the merit of individual
projects. Ranking of projects and recommendations for funding will occur on a
yearly basis, so as to coincide with federal nonpoint source funding and to
provide an ongoing process for evaluating statewide nonpoint source needs.
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DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RANKING SYSTEM

Table 1

Prioritv Svstem Format

Part I

Threshold Reauirements - All demonstration projects must provide information
to prove that each of the four following requirements has been satisfactorily
addressed before the project may be considered for ranking under Part II of
this system. All projects must be recognized in the Colorado Nonooint
Assessment Reoort and recommended for action in this management program.

A. Matchina Funds Availabilitv - Matching fund availability must be
documented by the project applicant. This documentation must include
the source(sy of funds and a commitment to spending on the proposed
project.

B.

Pro;ect Imolementation Plan - This plan will provide the documentation
of the water qualitylnonpoint source problem, lead agency for
implementation of the project, and alternatives 'for improvements, and
the anticipated results of the project. More details on project
implementation plan requirements is provided in Table 2.

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