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Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form <br />Form Revised May 2007 <br />Continental and Santa Maria. Ninety percent of the water managed by SMR goes through the Rio Grande Canal, <br />seining some of the best water rights in the San Luis Valley. therefore all of SMR's storage and release operations, <br />curtailments and such, are governed by the Rio Grande Compact. The remaining 10% of SMR water goes through <br />the Monte Vista Canal. SMR has 5,400 shares of outstanding stock, mostly split in groups of 10 shares, with 225 <br />stockholders. A total of 65.000 acres are irrigated by this two-reservoir system. SMR's annual budget in 2007 was <br />$129,600. SMR's 5-member Board, composed of farmers and ranchers, employs two full-tune employees. The <br />need for water storage facilities on the Rio Grande arose after 1880 when early settlers in the area had tapped most <br />rivers and creeks, and by 1900 began to construct water storage facilities on the Rio Bravo del Norte, as it was called then. <br />By 1913 private capital had completed two reservoirs in the Upper Rio Grande watershed, the Rio Grande Reservoir (also <br />known as the Fanners Union) and the Santa Maria. Fifteen years later, in 1928, Continental was constructed on a <br />tributary of the Rio Grande. <br />4 If the Contracting Entity is different then the Applicant (Project Sponsor or Owner) please describe the <br />Contracting Entity here. N/A - Applicant will contract for this proposal. <br />Part B. - Description of the Water Activity - Please Refer to Criteria and Guidance Document for Eligibly Requirements <br />Name of water activity/project: <br />SANTA MARIA & CONTENENTAL RESERVOIRS: <br />Rehabilitation & Multiple Use Studies <br />What is the purpose of this grant application? <br />Environmental compliance and feasibility study <br />Technical Assistance regarding permitting, feasibility studies, and environmental compliance <br />x Studies or analysis of structural, nonstructural, consumptive, nonconsumptive water needs, projects <br />Stud- or Analvsis of <br />X Structural project or activity <br />.......................... . <br />X Nonstructural project or activity <br />X <br />Consumptive project or activity <br />............................. <br />X <br />Nonconsumptive project or activity <br />Structural and/ or nonstuctural water project or activity