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Alternative 2 will provide the following user involvement and training tasks and programs: <br />• On-line web-based training modules for HydroBase, StateView, CWRAT, StateMod, <br />StateCU and the groundwater model <br />• Database of contacts for system users together with a point of contact for <br />communication <br />• Newsletters four times per year which discuss the status of the project and advertise <br />upcoming meetings <br />• SPDSS advisory committee meetings twice a year <br />• Technical subcommittee meetings throughout development of the project <br />• SPDSS core group meetings twice a year <br />• Four user group meetings per year to provide a mechanism for communication of <br />technical topics <br />COSTS AND SCHEDULE <br />Estimated costs for each of the three SPDSS alternatives range from $10.3 to $33.3 million <br />dollars as follows: <br />• Alternative 1: $10.3 million <br />• Alternative 2: $15.0 million <br />• Alternative 3: $33.3 million <br />Estimated costs to develop and implement the most cost effective and efficient alternative is the <br />recommended SPDSS alternative (Alternative 2) at approximately $15.0 million. This includes <br />$5.65 million (38 percent) for data collection, $6.97 million (46 percent) for development of <br />components and $2.37 million (16 percent) for technical review and project management <br />assistance, consultant coordination, and some aspects of user involvement. The SPDSS will be <br />funded in the same manner as the CRDSS and RGDSS projects, from the CWCB's Construction <br />Fund on anon-reimbursable basis. This is aself-generating funding source that will not result in <br />a tax increase. <br />Efforts will be made to enter into cooperative agreements with the USGS and other agencies in <br />order to reduce total project costs. Cooperative agreements will focus on data collection <br />activities. <br />The recommended SPDSS alternative is anticipated to be developed over asix-year period in <br />three phases as follows: <br />• Phase 1 is expected to require approximately two years and will focus on data collection <br />and water administration tools. Certain data collection activities, such as groundwater <br />levels and streamflow gaging, will continue through and beyond SPDSS implementation. <br />p:Adata\gen\spdss\final report\executive summary.doc E'-c~ <br />October 31, 2001 <br />