C150269 feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C150269
• Contractor Name: San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Alamosa
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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water. Water was stored that was not
required to meet the 2007 augmentation
water obligations.

In 2007 maintenance work was
continued on the Pine River I
Weminuche Transmountain Ditch. This
was the fourth year of a multi-year
program to repair and upgrade the ditch
to raise the capacity of the Ditch to
handle the associated water rights.

The District continued to support the
Saguache Creek Water Users
Association, as they have for more than
15 years, with funding for the
maintenance of their irrigation system.

The District continued to seek additional
opportunities to acquire suitable water
rights. On a case-by-case basis the
District continued with its requirement
that developers wanting more that 3.00-
acre feet of augmentation water, had to
provide the District with acceptable
water rights to the District. The District
woufd then take these water rights
through Water Court for the change in
beneficial use to the District's
augmentation program. This would
provide a source of augmentation water
to the developer. In 2007, there was an
instance when a developer was not able
to meet this requirement, which
postponed the planned development.

RIO GRANDE HEADWATERS
RESTORATION PROJECT

In 2007, the Project was
supported by the District,
provided management
administrative support, and by a

again
which
and

. donation from the Rio Grande Water
Conservation District. In addition, the
Project received small donations to the
Foundation. In the fall of 2007, the
Project retained the services of a
volunteer for a 12-month period.

In 2004, the Project was a recipient of a
$150,000.00 EPA 319, Non-Point
Source grant for riparian restoration on
the Rio Grande. This work is being
partnered with the Monte Vista,
Colorado, Office of the Natural
Resources and Conservation Service
(NRCS). At the end of 2007, fifteen
projects had been completed; an
additional three projects are scheduled
for completion in 2008.

The Project received funding of
$10,000.00 from the Colorado
Watershed Protection Fund, and
$7,500.00 of Severance Taxes through
the Colorado Water Conservation
Board, to develop a Rio Grande
Watershed Restoration Strategic Plan,
covering the river from jts headwaters to
the Colorado I New Mexico state line.
Additional funding of $25,000.00 was
obtained from the EPA's 319 Watershed
Planning Grant Program. In April 2007,
the Project completed the Rio Grande
Watershed Restoration Strategic Plan,
covering the reach of the Rio Grande in
Colorado. This Plan has been
referenced in grant applications by third
parties addressing conservation issues
in the Rio Grande corridor.

The Colorado Rio Grande Restoration
Foundation, a non-profit 501 (c) 3
corporation continued to be the fiscal
agent for the Project.

President: Robert Felmlee, Center CO,
Vice-President Frank Mestas, Alamasa CO; Secretary /Treasurer: M. Dee Greeman, Alamosa CO;
Directors: Athie Daniels, South Fork CO,' Charles A. Lavery, Alamosa CO;; Karla Shriver, Monte VIsta, CO;
Randall Palmgren, Center CO; Doug Messick, Monte Vista, CO,. Mike Prentice, Monte Vista, CO; Farris Bervig, Alamosa CO

Mike Gibson, Manager
San LuIs Valley Water Conservancy District
415 San Juan Avenue, Alamosa, Co 81101; Telephone: [phone]; email: [e-mail]

mhg May 2008

SLVWCD 2007 Annual Report
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