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• Board Meeting Date: 9/19/2006
• Description: CF Section - Finance Subcommittee Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

Non-Reimbursable Application - CWCB Construction Fund

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Form Revised June 200~;

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3. Provide a blief description of your organization below:

The Environmental Geology Section of the CGS identifies, investigates, obtains data, and
assists in solving environmental geology and water resource issues in Colorado. The staff has
expertise in hydrogeology, geology, geochemistry, and geophysics providing the ability to
research water supply and water quality issues throughout the state.

'Part B. - Description of the Project or Study

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Name of the study or project:

Arkansas River Basin - Geographic, Digital Bibliography

2. What is the purpose of this grant application? Check one.

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Study

Demonstration project.

Rehabilitation or
replacement of existing

Other (Please describe)

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3. General location of the study or demonstration project. (Please include county, and approximate distance
and direction from the nearest town):

Boundary of the Arkansas River basin from its origin in Lake County to the Kansas state line.
Study area includes all major tributaries also.

4. Please provide a brief narrative description of the proposed study or demonstration project including
purpose, need, and service area. (Attach scope of study, if available)

In August 2006, the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS) delivered to the CWCB a geographic, digital
bibliography of the lower Arkansas River alluvial aquifer funded through the severance tax grant program.
The purpose of this project was to assemble a digital and geo-referenced bibliography of publicly-available
studies and data related to the alluvial aquifer system of the lower Arkansas River main stem below Pueblo
Reservoir in Colorado. The bibliography focused on existing literature that address the configuration,
hydrologic properties, water levels, and water quality of the alluvial aquifer. CWCB staff recognized the
value of this product and requested an expansion to address the alluvial aquifer in both the upper basin and..
along major tributaries as well as inclusion of the bedrock aquifers. This proposal addresses that expansion
and incorporation of the bibliographic database within a GIS platform providing an "interactive", digital, ·
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