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Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form Form Revised April 2007 2. Describe how the water activity meets these Threshold Criteria. 1. The water activity meets the eligibility requirements outlined in Part 2 of the Criteria & Guidelines. This project activity as identified in SB 06-179 is covered under the category " Structural and Nonstructural Water Proiect or Activitv". Goodman Point Water Association is an eligible entity coming under the category "Private Incorporated - Mutual Ditch companies. homeowners associations. non- profit corporations" 2. The water activity is consistent with Section 37-75-102 Colorado Revised Statutes. The requirements/language from the statute is provided in Part 3 of the Criteria and Guidelines. The water supply for this project will be furnished through an existing Rural Water Company, Montezuma Water Company (MWC). MWC owns water rights that are used to provide domestic water service to MWC members in three counties iq Southwest Colorado. The water supply is the Dolores River and the wells in Lost Canyon. At maximum daily demand MWC uses approximately 3% of its total water rights. This project will not otherwise affect any vested or conditional water rights. 3.The water activity underwent an evaluation and approval process and was approved by the Basin Roundtable (BRT) and the application includes a description of the results of the BRTs evaluation and approval of the activity. At a minimum, the description must include the level of agreement reached by the roundtable, including any minority opinion (s) if there was not general agreement for the activity. The description must also include reasons why general agreement was not reached (if it was not), including who opposed the activity and why they opposed it. Note- If this information is included in the,letter from the roundtable chair simply reference that 1 etter. See Transmittal Letter from Southwestern BRT Chairperson, Steve Harris addressed to the CWCB state office. 4. The water activity meets the provisions of Section 37- 75-104 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes. The requirements/language from the statute is provided in Part 3 of the Criteria and Guidelines. The SWSI report identified 168 acre-feet of need in rural, unincorporated Montezuma County. The GPWA water project will directly address a portion of the identified need. (SWSI seemed to assume that where there was a need there was not a water supply available to satisfy the need, thus creating a 9.!!P..) There is no 9.!!P. in GPWA's water activity, because Montezuma Water Company has ample, already adjudicated, water rights to serve the GPWA project needs. (See answer to #6-Water Availability and Sustainability) 3. For Applications that include a request for funds from the Statewide Account, describe how the water activity meets the Evaluation Criteria. See Part 3 of Criteria and Guidelines. 4