16a ‎(4)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 11/18/2007
• Description: CF Section - En-bloc Non-Reimbursable Investments - Division of Water Resources - Satellite Monitoring System Maintenance
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203 ~
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.cwcbstate.co.us
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
FROM: Jeff Baessler
Stream and Lake Protection Section
Jack Byers
Division of Water Resources
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DATE: November 5, 2007
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 16a, November 14-15, 2007 Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section -
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Hams D. Sherman
DNR Executive Director
Dan McAuliffe
Acing CWCB Director
Non-Reimbursable Investments
of Water Resources -Satellite Monitoring System Maintenance
Background
The Division of Water Resources (DWR) has requested an annual appropriation of
approximately $350,00,0 for the continued operational viability of the state Satellite-linked
Monitoring System and the stream gage Flood Hardening Program. Each year, funding for these
programs has been reviewed and approved by both the Finance Sub-committee and the Board.
It has been recognized that it is critical for both the State's water planning and water
administrative agencies to support and maintain state-of--art stream gaging programs and
continue to provitle accurate water resources data to support multi-agency and water user needs.
The DWR Satellite-linked Monitoring program is outlined in §37-60-121 and §37-$U-102 C.R.S.
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It should be noted that in previous years, CWCB staff has requested approximately $250,000
from the Construction Fund in order to address specific on-going CWCB stream gaging needs
related to flood forecasting and warning, instream flow monitoring, compact protection, and
Decision Support System data collection efforts. In 2007, the legislature created a stream gage
fund under §37-60-124in the amount of $250,000 to address the CWCB's gaging needs. Since
this fund has been created, staff is no longer applying for non-reimbursable construction fund
dollars. This request, i~s solely for the DWR Satellite Monitoring System and the DWR/CWCB
Flood Hardening Program.
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Water Supply Protection • Flood Protection • Stream & Lake Protection • Water Supply Planning & Finance
Water Conservation & Drought Planning • Intrastate Water Management & Development