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• Board Meeting Date: 7/22/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods - Arkansas River/South Platte River Competitive Grant Programs
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Ultimately, how M&I providers and environmental and recreational users who desire
additional water in the future to meet their diverse needs will be very sitelsituation
specific. It is likely that a diverse and unique set of alternatives and strategies will be
needed. Thus, it is important to consider a number of alternative agricultural transfer
methods (interruptible supplies, fallowing, banks, etc.) available to match the irrigator's
and end users' needs. In addition, these alternatives must be flexible enough to allow
variations to meet specific source and user situations. One size will not fit all.
Application Process, Eligibility and Evaluation Criteria
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The purpose of this grant program is to further examine and assist in
developing/implementing alternate transfer methods to traditional purchase and transfer
of agricultural water. The Colorado Water Conservation Board recognizes the economic,
environmental and cultural value that agriculture provides to our local communities and
the state as a whole. The grant program seeks to both allow the free marketing of water
supplies and to advance alternatives to traditional purchase and transfer of agricultural
water. Projects funded from this grant program should 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 understanding of how to
successfully design transfer programs that provide a long-term reliable
municipalldomestic water supply while sustaining meaningful production
agriculture.
The grant program is available to applicants/projects in the Arkansas and South Platte
Basins. A minimum of 1 grant will be provided to each basin. The ultimate number of
grants funded will depend on the number and quality of applications received.
There will be two rounds of application submittals and grant awards per year. The first
deadline to submit grant applications will be March 31 St, for consideration at the May
2008 CWCB Board meeting. The second round deadline for grant submittal will be
September 30th for consideration at the November 2008 CWCB Board meeting. The
CVVCB Board will consider the grants and recommendations by staff and will decide
whether to fund, not fund or partially fund the grant requests. If funds are not exhausted
following the first two rounds of applications the same application timeframes will apply
for March 2009 and September 2009.
Application forms are available electronically at http:l/cwcb.state.co.us/IWMD
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Final Criteria and Guidelines
Adopted January 22, 2008