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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-344 I <br />FA:X: (303) 866~4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORA.NDUM <br /> <br />B ill Ritter <br />Governor <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe, Deputy Director~ <br /> <br />Harris Sherman <br />Executi ve Director <br /> <br />Jennifer Gimbel <br />eWeB Director <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Veva McCaig, Chief, Water Conservation & DrouglltPlanning <br />Tammie P.etrone, Grants Coordinator <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />ewes IJeputy <br />Director <br /> <br />DATE: April 16, 2008 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Town of Windsor, SB 07-008 Grant Request <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />TIle O'WCDP staff recolnmen(ls that Dan McAuliffe, Deputy Director of the CWCB authorize <br />$30,985 to the Town. of Windsor for developm.ent of their Water Conservatio'n Plan. <br /> <br />SUDlmarv of Grant Application <br /> <br />The Office of Water Conservation & DrollghtPlan:ning section (OWCDP) received a Water <br />CO.nservation Planning grant ap'plication from the Town of Windsor, a soon. to be covered entity, <br />located in Weld and Larimer County, just SOlltlleast of tIle City of Fort Collins4 In 2007, Windsor <br />delivered approximately 1,909 acre-feet of water and based on population growth and average per <br />capita \vater use for 2007, the Town is likely to reach 2,000 acre-feet/yearby 20094 The Town has <br />three potable water providers, Fort Collins-Loveland Water District, North Weld COllnty Water <br />District, and the City of Greeley, which all su,pply'Windsor with adequate amounts of water tom,eet <br />current demands4 The Colorado Division of Local Affairs predicts that tIle annual growth rate for <br />the Town will remain at 2.5%/year4 The Town needs to devise a water plan to accolnmodate for tIle <br />estimated populatio.n growth. They plan to construct an additional transmission line that will <br />co'n,nect to North, Weld COllntyWater District, and they participate in the Northern Integrated Supply <br />Project, both which will bring addition water to 'meet growing demands. Th,e Town recognizes t]le <br />im'portance of water conservation and plans to qu.antify its current water usage, develop water <br />conservation programs and measures to implenlel1t, and determille the bellefit-cost of the <br />im,plementation with the grant monies for water co,nservation plal1ning. The TOWIl lIas set a goal of <br />redllcing its overall per-capita water use, over the next tell years, by 17.8%. Tllis \vould reduce per- <br />capita water use from 140gpcd to 1 15gpcd. According to Statewide Sllpply Il1itiative, Willdsor has a <br />22% identified gap between water Sllpplies and water needs by 2025, therefore, implementation of a <br />Water Conservation Plan is necessary since it can act as all additional water source and will prolong <br /> <br />Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning <br />