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• Board Meeting Date: 11/14/2007
• Description: CF Section - En-bloc Non-Reimbursable Investment Recommendations - Colorado River Compact and Mexican Treaty Issues
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Non-Rcirnbursable Application - Cw'C$ Construction Fund
FOrnl Re~'isrA AuKu st :110.1
Explain why you arc requesting a grant, instead of a loan (the Construction Fund exists primarily to
provide low interest loans for the construction or rehabilitation of raw water projects. Non-
reimbursable lm•estmcnts arc approved only +vhen the pr~icct or study is of state++idr interest and
hrncfits a wide range ot• people and organiruions, andbr a large geographical area .
This is a study and activity of Statewide interest benefiting all the citizens of the State that
rely in whole or in part on water diverted from the Colorado River. "fhe recent drought
conditions and increasing demands have demonstrated that a curtailment of uses of Colorado
River water is possible. 'I'hc State of Colorado needs to assure that shortages are shared
equitably among the Colorado River Basin States and (vlexico, opportunities to augment the
Colorado River System in Mexico fully evaluated and that actions within tilexico will nut
frustrate those efforts. This effort will itn•olve efforts outside the traditional involvement of
the Board on Colorado River Compact matters.
1-ist the names and addresses of any technical or legal consultants retained to represent the. applicant or
to conduct urvestigations for the proposed project or suidy.
'v'amc Address & Phone \umber
List an} feasibility study or scope of work that has been completed or is now in progress ti)r the
proposed projector study, (Submit one copy with this applicationj~
The Scope of this effort is more fttlly explained in the attached memorandum to the Board.