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<br />Colorado. Over the four festivals, we were able to interact with approximately 1,500- <br />2,000 children. We handed out mirror decals to promote the children turning off the <br />faucet while they brush their teeth and gave them leak detector tablets as an activity to <br />do with their parents and also passed out small tattoos that read "I'm Water Smart". <br />Overall, the children enjoyed the presentation and the OWCDP staff thought it was <br />successful. The locations of the festivals were in Westminster, Fort Collins, Boulder and <br />Grand Junction. <br /> <br />Upcoming Statewide Water Conservation Workshops: The Office of Water <br />Conservation and Drought Planning (OWCDP) is currently supporting the third round <br />of Water Conservation Workshops in collaboration with Great Western Institute, <br />Colorado WaterWise Council and Western Resource Advocates. Two workshops, held <br />in Greeley and Pagosa Springs have been completed with two remaining. The <br />remaining dates and locations are: <br /> <br />· Grand Junction - July 9 & 10 - Mesa County Fairgrounds <br />· La Junta - July 16 & 17 - Otero Junior College <br /> <br />The workshops will incorporate water conservation lessons learned and model <br />applications. Staff will present information on the OWCDP technical and financial <br />assistance programs. For more information about workshop agendas, please refer to the <br />CWCB website - www.cwcb.state.co.us/Conservation. <br /> <br />Water Availability Task Force Update: The next Water Availability Task Force <br />(WATF) meeting will be July 24, 2007, 1:00pm to 3:30 pm at Denver Water. Task Force <br />members will review streamflow and precipitation outlooks, reservoir conditions, <br />potential water supply impacts, and discuss the status of revisions to the Colorado <br />Drought Mitigation & Response Plan. A meeting agenda can be found on the CWCB <br />website. <br /> <br />Colorado Communities Awarded FEMA Grants for Flood Preparedness: <br />Three communities recently received grants from FEMA mitigation programs to <br />improve their flood preparedness, and one more is on a waiting list for further <br />consideration. The Town of Erie was awarded a Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) project <br />grant of $290,025 to upgrade a dangerous crossing of Coal Creek under an access road <br />to the municipal airport. Huerfano County was awarded a Flood Mitigation Assistance <br />(FMA) planning grant of $25,200 to prepare a flood mitigation plan. When this plan is <br />completed, the County and its municipalities will become eligible for project mitigation <br /> <br />14 <br />