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• Board Meeting Date: 1/23/2007
• Description: OWCDP Section - Water Efficiency Grant Request from the Douglas County Water Resource Authority
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Waier Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

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MEMORANDUM

Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor

Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Veva McCaig, Section Chief .~ {,N'1--'"
Office of Water Conservation & Drought Planning (OWCDP)
Tammie Petrone, OWCDP Grants Coordinator

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

FROM:

DATE:

January 23, 2007

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 5 - Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning
Water Efficiency Grant Request from the Douglas County Water Resource
Authority

Backeround

On July 18,2005, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (Board) adopted the Guidelines for
the Water Efficiency Grant Program, which was established under House Bill 05-1254. House
Bill 05-1254 created the Water Efficiency Grant Progmm Cash Fund, to be administered by the
Board. The grant monies may be awarded to: 1) Covered entities to aid in achieving the goals
outlined in their locally adopted Water Conservation Plans; or 2) Public and private agencies
whose primary purpose is to promote the benefits of water resource conservation for education
and outreach aimed at demonstrating the benefits of water efficiency. Further, the Guidelines
define water conservation to mean broadly water use efficiency, wise water-use, water
transmission and distribution syStem efficiency, and supply substitution. The objective of water
conservation is a long-term increase in the productive use of water supply in order to satisfy
water supply needs without compromising desired water services.

Summary of Proposal

The OWCDP received a Water Efficiency Grant application from the Douglas County Water
Resource Authority (DCWRA), a political subdivision of the State, whose primary principal is
water resource conservation, located in Douglas County, Colorado. The DCWRA grant
application seeks $64,800 from the Water Efficiency Grant Program to mass produce and mail,
via post, an educational Xeriscape DVD to all single family residences in Douglas County and
selected portions of neighboring Arapahoe County as a component of their water conservation
education and outreach efforts. The application is attached for your review.

Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning