PUB00141

• Year: 1991
• Title: Construction Fund Annual Report 1991
• CWCB Section: Finance
• Author: CWCB
• Description: Construction Fund Annual Report 1991
• Publications - Doc Type: CF Annual Report

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Bureau of Reclamation, want to develop two water management and
development tools for the Gunnison River Basin. The proposal
is endorsed by the Division of Water Resources.

The project would yield two products, one, a water
accounting model would depict the daily operation of the
existing water rights and facilities and would facilitate water
rights administration. The board. as a water rights holder,
and the division engineer would benefit from an accurate means
to identify and predict the effects of facility operations and
water administration. It will also facilitate record keeping.

The second product would be a predictive planning model to
determine future water development opportunities and needs.
The Gunnison River Basin is a highly complex system
experiencing increasing demands and major proposals for out of
basin diversions to the Front Range. The model would be used
to identify and analyze the effects of water development
proposals.

Recommendation

While traditional development and rehabilitation of water
facilities remain the major focus of the investment from the
Construction Fund, the Board is aware of the increasing
opportunity for more effective and efficient use and management
of water resources within hydrologic basins that encompass a
range of facilities operated by independent entities. Only
through modelling can opportunities for administration and
management yield more reliable and better timed deliveries be
accomplished and for evaluating proposed changes. Within the
Board's broad mandate to promote the greatest utilization of
the state's water, it is appropriate to join in a partnership
which is seeking modern tools to manage water resources within
a major river basin. The board recommends approval of this
request for special authorization by the General Assembly to

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