C150002 Contract

• Contract/PO #: C150002
• Contractor Name: Grand Valley Water Users' Association
• Contract Type: Grant
• Water District: 0
• Bill Number: SB 97-8
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Contract Documents

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources

721 Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

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February 9, 1998

James S. Lochhead
Executive Director. DNR

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Director. eWeB

Ms. Carol DeAngelis, Area Manager
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Upper Colorado Region
Western Colorado Area Office
2764 Compass Drive
P.O. Box 60340
Grand Junction, Colorado 81506-8785

Dear Ms. DeAngelis,

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the, "Grand Valley Water
Management Draft Environmental Assessment. The Colorado Water Conservation Board
supports the Grand Valley Water Management efforts a.'ld has committed $1.25 million
towards its implementation. Generally, we find the Draft Environmental Assessment to
be complete and well done. However, we do have a number of comments that we offer
for the purpose of clarification. Those clarifications are as follows.

Page 3, Next to last sentence: Show the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service flow
recommendations or note the location of the table where they can be found.
Page 4, 1st two sentences: Reword as follows, "Up to 1620 cfs is diverted into the
Government Highline Canal above the I5-Mile Reach during the irrigation season. Of
this diversion amount, 581.8 cfs is used to either generate power at the Grand Valley
Power Plant or to pump irrigation water to the Orchard Mesa Irrigation District lands on a
bluff south of thy Colorado River."
Page' 4,- 2nd to last sentence of 1st paragraph under Delivering Surplus Water:
Reword as follows, "As such, it was believed adequate to protect existing water users
from shortages at that time."
Page 4, Background Block 3-CBT, 1st sentence: Reword as follows, "Reclamation's
Colorado-Big Thompson Project was authorized for construction on the basis of a report
prepared by Reclamation describing the plan for development and costs."
Page 5, 1st parenthesis: Reword as follows, "(such as hydroelectric power generation)."
Page 5, Interactions of Grand Valley Irrigation Entities: Somewhere in this section it
would be nice to know the 1970-1996 average diversions to OMID, the power plant, and
the pump station.
Page 9, last sentence of 1st paragraph under Canal Operations: Suggest deleting the
words, "no conserved" and insert the word, "less." Some conservation would occur as a
result of the Orchard Mesa Check Case Settlement even with no action.