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<br />Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant and Loan Program <br />Water Activity Summary Sheet <br /> <br />Applicant: Clear Creel( County <br /> <br />Water Activity Name: Clear Creel( County <br />Water Banl(-High Altitude Storage <br /> <br />Water Activity Purpose: <br /> <br />Environmental Compliance/Feasibility Study <br /> <br />County: <br /> <br />Clear Creel( <br /> <br />Amount Requested: $52,000.00 <br />Source of Funds: Basin Account <br /> <br />Matching Funds: None Specified <br /> <br />Drainage Basin: <br />Clear Creel( <br />Water Source: <br />Multiple depending on site; Tributaries to Clear Creel( <br /> <br />Water Activity Summary: <br /> <br />Sinc.e 2000, :ClearCree'k :C.Qunt)1 l1as pIlt C'oflsiderable effort alld funding llltO engineering <br />analyses and legal services to evaluate potential reservoir sites and a,c'qllirie water rigllts. The <br />County's g,oal is to create a 11ig]1-altitude\ll;fater storage bartlc to provide \\I.ater for basin\vide <br />n'eeds, improving both ~vat:er qllality an"dqll.lantit~{. <br /> <br />TIle ,CiOlll1tyre.cen11y filed COllditiollal '\~later rights to, (1) secllrepriorities for water storage tOi <br />co,r.er both 'fil!ture amld existing: ,,'ater uses in tHle Clear 'Creek Basin in accordance wit}} State <br />~v,ater lavl and (2) satisf)' increasing demal1ds for-water to supportee,ono,mic growth.~ The CO'UIlty <br />also developed the pending Clear 'Creek Basinlmde Pla11 for A,u.gnlel:1tati,oll to: Dlil11mize the. costs <br />and adn.linistrative difficttlties assoc.iated wit:h num,ero.us adjlldicationsof individllal di'versilOllS <br />and wells~ <br /> <br />Tile pllIp'os,e lof t11is 'project and the gr,ant request :DOT $,5:2~OOO~ is to cOlnpar,e tIle County~s :nine <br />filed-on site-SV\iith J~espect tOI el1virOilll1en.tal risks~ geolo,gic hazards~ pennitting processes, <br />COIlstru!ction 'co,sts, coordination on. F'ed-eral1y-o\v'Ile:d lands, etc. Throu,gh tIns comp,arisoll, ap],a'n <br />fOlr p:rioritize,d ,de;'velopment V\,il1 be estab]ished~ <br /> <br />The proposed scope of worl( will be centered around collecting and analyzing additional engineering <br />information regarding the proposed reservoirs. A matrix analysis will be used as a comparison tool to ranl( <br />each site. This ranl(ing system will allow the County to develop a planned approach in the development of <br />the reservoirs based on geographic need within the County, environmental issues, water administration <br />issues, construction costs, and geologic hazards. <br /> <br />Funding in the amount of $52,000 is requested to develop more detailed data for each site. Much of the <br />effort will include data searches for existing studies such as USGS information that could provide better <br />information on issues that will need to be addressed. Additional field visits to identify technical constraints <br />will also be performed. Clear Creel( County was one of the early centers for mining in Colorado so there is a <br />1 <br />