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• Board Meeting Date: 5/21/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods - Arkansas and South Platte Basins Competitive Grant Program
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods -Grant and Loan Program
Project Summary Sheet
Applicant: High Line Canal Company
Water Activity Name: High Line Canal Water Leasing Project
Amount Requested: $750,000
Matching Funds: $75,000
Drainage Basin: Arkansas River
Water Source: Arkansas River
Project Summary:
Members of the Highline Canal Company are interesting in leasing some of their water to
municipalities. The application states that they seek to use a combination of three
methods: interruptible water supply agreements, long term land fallowing and water
a ing.
Below is a summary of the scope of work:
Scope of Work
Task 1-Establish Leasing Entity
Task 2-Gaining Commits from Ditches
Task 3-Water Right Evaluations
Task 4-Ditch Operations Analysis
Task 5-Pipeline Analysis
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While it is clear that the proposal seeks to use various alternative methods such as leasing,
interruptible supply agreements and/or rotational fallowing, the application is not
sufficiently complete for staff to evaluate and make a recommendation of funding of up to
$750,000. Without more detail, staff is unable to determine if it meets the eligibility
requirements or the evaluation criteria. Most importantly, one of the purposes of this
program is to not simply be aimed at facilitating a single locally-driven transfer but must
also provide usable and transferable information or processes that will increase our