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2008 and 2009. Additional funding also is being sought from the USGS Office of Ground Water <br />and the South Metro Water Supply Study Board to potentially expand the project scope. <br />The recently-completed ground-water flow model of the Denver Basin aquifer system was <br />developed over a 4-year period from 2003-2007 primarily with USGS funding ($1,200,000) with <br />supplemental funding from CWCB ($70,000). Publication of model documentation is currently <br />in progress and will be completed in Federal fiscal year 2008. The model is a useful tool for <br />assessing changes in the water budget and simulating future water-level changes for the Denver <br />Basin bedrock aquifers. <br />The proposed project proposes to extend the use of the Denver Basin model and demonstrate <br />how the model can be used to evaluate the effects of selected management scenarios on water <br />levels and aquifer storage. This methodology may also be very useful with future modeling <br />scenarios utilizing the alluvial groundwater model currently being developed in 5PDSS. <br />Recommendation <br />Staff recommends that the Board request the General Assembly authorize $83,200 from the <br />Construction Fund to be appropriated to the Colorado Water Conservation Board for work tasks <br />associated with the Denver Basin Pumping-Optimization Modeling. <br />