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Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form Form Revised October 2006 Application Question B5: Scope of Work The Basalt Water Conservancy District (District) will direct Resource Engineering, Inc. (RESOURCE), as part of their on-going technical assistance to the District, to perform the work necessary to complete Phase II of the Missouri Heights Ground Water Monitoring Program. RESOURCE has provided technical support to the District since 1982. Moreover, RESOURCE assisted with the database management and data analysis for Phase I of the Monitoring Program (Note: the data collection was sub-contracted to a third party). RESOURCE employs a diverse staff with decades of combined experience in monitoring program design, data collection, database management and ground water data analysis. Phase II of the Ground Water Monitoring Program is intended to expand on the data and analysis completed during Phase I. Phase II will provide a more detailed understanding of whether, or not, increased water development and changing water uses are influencing the Missouri Heights aquifer. In order to accomplish this, RESOURCE plans to add 3 wells to the existing monitoring program (for a total of 6 monitoring wells) and cease monitoring of the three spring sites. Each monitoring well will be equipped with a device that will take water level readings once every hour. The new wells will be located to optimize site distribution for future data analysis. In addition to the well monitoring, RESOURCE will install a remote precipitation gage. This gage will provide site specific data regarding snow and rainfall for Missouri Heights. Data will be collected at these sites for a period of five years. During the 5 year data collection period RESOURCE will make biannual visits to each of the 7 study sites (i.e. 6 study wells and 1 precipitation gage). During each visit RESOURCE will download data collected by the measurement devices. At this time RESOURCE will also perform routing maintenance on the instruments and study sites. The data collected during the biannual visits will be checked for quality and incorporated into a database. At the end of the five year study period the data will be analyzed and summarized in a report by RESOURCE. The analysis will focus on using local fluctuations measured at the six well study sites to characterize regional aquifer behavior. Trends in aquifer level will be compared to key influences on the aquifer, including precipitation inputs, transbasin diversion inputs and increased well withdrawals. RESOURCE expects to identify which influences are dominant and characterize the general health and vitality of the aquifer. Missouri Heights Ground Water Monitoring Program - Phase II: Budget Equipment Purchase, Siting and Setup: $23,700 Data Collection: $13,800 Analysis and Reporting: $12,500 Estimated Total: $50,000 15