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

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Non-Reimbursable Application - CWCB Construction Fund

Form Revised June 2006

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3. Provide a brief description of your organization below:

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)art B. - Description of the Project or Study

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Name of the study or project:

Analysis of recreational and environmental uses, quantification
methods, and effects of water rights on water management

2. What is tht:~ purpose of this grant application? Check one.

x 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):

Statewide study

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)

Colorado has been at the forefront of the western states with regard to water rights for instream
flow purposes since 1973 when the General Assembly authorized the CWCB to appropriate
instream flow water rights. In addition, Colorado is the only State that allows local
governmental entities to obtain water rights associated with in stream structures for recreational
purposes in (and on) the water. There has been disagreements over how much water is
necessary for these purposes and the economic benefits ofthese water rights. Now after the
instream flow statues has been in place for over 30 years, and the RICD statute has been in .
place for ov(~r 5 years, it seems wise analyze: l) how these water rights affect water .
management: 2) quantification methods: and 3) what are the true historic economic benefits.

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