15a ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 3/18/2008
• Description: OWCDP Section - Water Efficiency Grant Request - Colorado Watershed Network - Project Wet
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
wuu . o~n cU. state. co.us
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
H:uris D. Sherman
DNR Executive Director
FROM: Veva McCaig, Section Chief
Tammie Petrone, Grants Coordinator Jennifer L. Gimbel
CWCB Director
Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning
/O W CDP Dan MoAuliffe
) CWCB Deputy Director
DATE: March 19, 2008
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 15a, March 18-19, 2007 Board Meeting
Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning -- Water Efficiency
Grant Request -Colorado Watershed Network- Project WET
Introduction
In January of 2007, the CWCB Board awarded the Colorado Watershed Network (CWN)
$118,067 to hire a Water Education Coordinator to implement Project WET (Water Education
for Teachers) in Colorado. The CWN's funding is due to expire in June 2008. The CWN is
requesting $268,672, over the next two years (July 2008 -June 2010), to continue the program
and to hire an additional Water Education Specialist to continue in these efforts and to focus
more on opportunities on the west slope. This project has provided curriculum resources and
training for hundreds of educators annually in Colorado, and over 30,000 annually throughout
the United States and the world. Project WET is founded on the belief that youth, K-12 students,
need to develop an awareness and appreciation of how water is used in everyday life if they are
to understand what is happening to our water resources and take action to protect and conserve
our limited natural resources.
Recommendation
The OWCDP staff recommends that the Board award a Water Efficiency Grant in the amount of
$258,672 over the next two years to the Colorado Watershed Network (CWN) to aid in achieving
their goal to educate Colorado K-12 students and teachers about water and the importance of
using this resource wisely.
Water Supply Protection • Watershed Protection & Fluud blitigatiun • Stream & Lake Protection • Water Supply Planning & Finance
Water Conservation & Drought Planning • Intrastate ~F'ater Management & Development