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Water Supply Reserve Account – Grant and Loan Program <br />Water Activity Summary Sheet <br /> <br /> <br />Applicant: <br /> <br />Grand County <br />Water Activity Name: <br /> <br />Grand County Stream Management Plan, Phase III: Grand County <br />Amount Requested: <br /> <br />$100,000.00 <br />Source of Funds: <br /> <br />Basin Account <br />Matching Funds: <br /> <br />Yes, Grand County $296,546 <br />Water Activity Purpose: <br /> <br />Non-consumptive needs assessment/activity <br />County: <br /> <br />Grand <br />Drainage Basin: <br /> <br />Colorado, Fraser possibly others not specified see issues and additional needs <br />Water Source: <br /> <br />Fraser possibly others not specified see issues and additional needs <br />Water Activity Summary: <br /> <br />Grand County was established February 2, 1894. Grand County is a subdivision of the State of Colorado and <br />meets the eligibility requirements of the Account as a government agency. The Colorado Constitution <br />Article XIV establishes the organization of the County. The Board of County Commissioners is the directing <br />body for the County as authorized by the Colorado General Assembly. <br /> <br />Grand County has contracted and funded Phases I and II of the SMP with the intent of developing a <br />scientifically defensible and comprehensive SMP. Phase III is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2008. <br />Grand County is asking for partial financial assistance of Phase III which complements the entire basin’s <br />attempt to identify and address non-consumptive needs by providing a template. <br /> <br />Phase III of the Grand County SMP is an assessment of nonconsumptive water needs that will help the <br />county to affectively address where in the study area reaches exist that will benefit from altered flow <br />regimes, how targeted flows can be met by coordinated operations of water users, and where, if minimum <br />flows cannot be met, restoration projects might be most effective. <br /> <br />Altered flows in Grand County, in particular, extreme low and depleted flows, are believed to be contributing <br />to aquatic habitat degradation, including high water temperatures, water quality degradation, and loss of <br />flushing flows. For example, recently, multiple maximum daily and weekly average temperature <br /> 1 <br />