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Clear Creek County <br /> <br />POST OFFICE BOX 2000 <br />GEORGETOWN, COLORADO 80444 <br /> <br /> <br />TELEPHONE: (303) 569-3251 0 (303) 679-2300 <br /> <br />March 14, 2007 <br /> <br />ColoraaoWater Conservation Boara <br />Intrastate Water Management and Development <br />1313 Sherman 8t. <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Re: Clear Creek: County's Application for the Water Supply Reserve (Basin) Account <br /> <br />Dear CWCB Board: <br /> <br />Since 2000, Clear Creek County has put considerable effort and funding into engineering <br />analyses and legal services to evaluate potential reservoir sites al1d acquire water rights. The <br />County's goal is to create a high-altitude water storage bank to provide water for basinwide <br />needs, improving both water quality and quantity. <br /> <br />The County recently filed conditional water rights to (1) secure priorities for water storage to <br />cover both future and existing water uses in the Clear Creel( Basin in accordance with State <br />water law and (2) satisfy increasing demands for water to support economic growth. The County <br />also developed the pending Clear Creek Basinwide Plan for Augmentation to minimize the costs <br />and administrative difficulties associated with numerous adjudications of individual diversions <br />and wells. <br /> <br />The purpose of this project and the grant request for $52,000 is to compare the County's nine <br />filed-on sites with respect to environmental risks, geologic hazards, permitting processes, <br />construction costs, coordination on Federally-owned lands, etc. Through this comparison, a plan <br />for prioritized development will be established. <br /> <br />The South Platte Basin Roundtable reviewed this project on February 13,2007 and unanimously <br />approved it for funding. Weare now forwarding our application on to the CWCB for review at <br />the May 22, 2007 Board meeting and respectfully request your approval. <br /> <br />Mr. Berten R. Weaver, Community Development Director <br />Clear Creek County <br /> <br />lld/ta <br />Attachments <br /> <br />"Honoring Our Past, While Designing Our Future" <br />