Water Supply Reserve Account Criteria and Guidelines - Adopted

• Working Group: Criteria & Guidelines
• Title: Water Supply Reserve Account Criteria & Guidelines
• Date: 10/18/2006
• Author: DNR, CWCB
• Interbasin CC - Doc Type: General Resources

Eli!!ibilitv Requirements

Senate Bill 06-1 79 is very specific regarding eligibility requirements and these criteria and
guidelines are developed from the direction provided in the legislation. In order for a water
activity to be eligible for funding it must: 1) be approved by a roundtable pursuant to article
75 of title 37, C.R.S. and the approving roundtable shall be the roundtable for the basin in
which the proposed water diversion or nonstructural activity would occur; 2) meet the
eligibility categories described below; and 3) be approved by the CWCB utilizing the criteria
and guidelines jointly developed by the IBCC and CWCB. The legislation also emphasizes
that the criteria and guidelines shall help meet the water needs identified by the SWSI and
other appropriate sources.

Eligible Water Activities, as identified in Senate Bill 06-179, include the following:

. Competitive grants for environmental compliance and feasibility studies;
. Technical assistance regarding permitting, feasibility studies, and environmental
compliance;
. Studies or analysis of structural, nonstructural, consumptive, and nonconsumptive water
needs, projects, or activities; and
. Structural and nonstructural water projects or activities.

All request(s) for funds will be evaluated by CWCB utilizing the criteria and guidelines
jointly developed by the IBCC and CWCB. The evaluation process is described in Part 3.

Eligible entities that may apply for grants or loans from the Account include:

. Public (Government) - municipalities, enterprises, counties, state and federal government
. Public (Districts) - special, water and sanitation, conservancy, conservations, irrigation,
water activity enterprises
. Private Incorporated - mutual ditch companies, homeowners associations, non-profit
corporations
. Private (Unincorporated) - individuals, partnerships, sole proprietors
. Non-governmental organizations - are broadly defined as any organization that is not part
of the government. These organizations are typically non-profit but they also include for-
profit corporations.

Water Supply Reserve Account Criteria and Guidelines - Adopted: October 18, 2006

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