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S I __ l- <br />II <br />i <br />Water Project Construction Program -Project Data <br /> <br />Applicant: Division of Water Resources and Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Project Name: Satellite-linked Monitoring <br />System and Flood Hardening Program Project Type: Stream Gaging <br />County: Statewide ~ Drainage Basin: <br />Statewide Drainage Basins Water Source: N/A <br />Total Study Cost: $350,000 Funding Sources: CWCB <br />CWCB Investment: <br />$354,000 Interest Rate: N/A <br /> <br />', Term: N/A <br />This project entails the; continued, long-term operational viability of the State Satellite Linked <br />Monitoring System, which is administered by the Division of Water Resources (DWR). It also <br />involves the continued implementation of the joint DWR/CWCB Flood Hardening Program. <br />The Satellite-linked monitoring system, which is comprised of over 450 satellite-gaging stations, <br />requires continued renovation and flood hardening of existing gages, replacement of outdated <br />data collection platforms and upgrades to transmission components. In addition, many existing <br />gaging stations need to;be modified to provide critical stream flow data for flood warning and <br />low flow monitoring. ,Changes in technology, which will ultimately increase reliability and real <br />time data transmission rates will require the DWR to continue to upgrade the system in the <br />future. The costs associated with the continued refurbishment and operational viability of the <br />system is approximately $300,000 per year. Thee associated flood hardening cost are $50,000 per <br />year. <br />• <br />