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<br />Rural Water Supply Planning Study <br />Scope of Work <br /> <br />In order to better understand the unfilled need for funding represented by rural nonprofit water <br />systems (NPWSs), the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) is undertaking the Rural <br />Water Supply Planning Study. The Stratus ConsultinglMalcolm Pimie team proposes to <br />undertake the question: What is the unfilled funding need for NPWSs? The study would be <br />undertaken according to the schedule proposed by the CWCB, which is to start in February 2007 <br />and be completed by June 30, 2007. <br /> <br />The Stratus ConsultinglMalcolm Pimie plan proposes complementary approaches to conducting <br />the needs assessment, which include interviewing the State Engineer's Office staff and its <br />Division Engineers, Drinking Water Engineers from the Colorado Department of Public Health <br />and Environment (CDPHE), Funding Coordination Committee members, and surveying county <br />planning departments. However, a central approach we propose for this work is to utilize the <br />opportunity to meet with a significant number ofNPWSs in-person during our seven technical, <br />managerial, and financial (TMF) training workshops scheduled for spring 2007 to understand the <br />funding needs ofNPWSs first-hand. <br /> <br />The Stratus ConsultinglMalcolm Pimie approach will incorporate this individualized contact <br />with NPWSs through a short series of questions given in-person or over the telephone to help <br />understand the capital improvement needs ofNPWSs across Colorado. <br /> <br />Task 1. Review Existing Rural System Information <br /> <br />We will review existing information on rural water systems from the CDPHE (Drinking Water <br />Database, Drinking Water Grant Intended Use Plan), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency <br />(EP A) Drinking Water Needs Survey (DWNS), and the Colorado Rural Water Association. Part <br />of this task will be to assess the number ofNPWSs in the state and to gather information about <br />them. Critical information to gather includes the system's location, the number of persons served <br />by the system, the amount of water served, the water source (groundwater vs. surface water), and <br />the history of violations. The CDPHE's database of water systems can provide much ofthis <br />information. <br /> <br />The EP A DWNS provides a picture of small systems nationally. Information from this <br />assessment can be used to indicate the types of system need found nationally, and can be <br />compared to results from in-person interviews in Colorado. For instance, the EP A survey found <br />that a large majority ofthe infrastructure need reported by systems is related to replacement of <br />the distribution system. It will be important to note if the results of the in-person interviews <br />reveal the same pattern of aging distribution infrastructure in need of repair. Often that repair is <br />needed all at once because the distribution infrastructure was all installed about the same time. <br /> <br />Confidential <br />sc 11 080 <br /> <br />