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Water Supply Initiative Phase 2, the basins' needs reports, DU's experience in the use of <br />agricultural water rights for the development of wetlands and wildlife habitat, Aurora's <br />experience in transfers and leases of agricultural water for municipal and industrial <br />purposes, and the experience and research conducted by other team members including <br />the CWRRI concerning alternative agricultural water transfer measures. In addition, the <br />Team also seeks to compliment or to enhance the work done by other recipients of these <br />grant funds. <br />A summary of the applicant's scope of work is below: <br />Task 1: Project Kickoff <br />Task 2: Obtain List of Candidate Projects <br />Task 3: Assemble Data and Determine Feasibility of Implementing Alternative <br />Agricultural Water Transfer Methods to the List of Candidate Projects <br />Task 4: Select Three Specific Projects Using Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer <br />Methods <br />Task 5: Produce Detailed Engineering, Economic, and Institutional Data for the Three <br />Selected Projects Sufficient to Facilitate Implementation of the Three Selected Projects <br />Task 6: Develop Business Plan to Facilitate the Practical Implementation of Alternative <br />Agricultural Water Transfer Methods Throughout Colorado <br />Task 7: Summary Report to the CWCB <br />Task 8: Project Management <br />Discussion: <br />Staff believes the proposed project meets the evaluation criteria and the expected benefits. <br />The proposed project is unique in that the participants include agricultural water users, <br />municipal and industrial users, and environmental interests. The Business Plan' which is <br />the main deliverable for this project will produce a tool that an agricultural water user can <br />use to determine what method of alternative water transfer is most feasible for his/her <br />circumstance. <br />The application states that the project will evaluate the potential effectiveness of a variety of <br />alternatives, applying the consumptive use credits to wetlands recharge projects and <br />ultimately diverted for use for municipal and industrial purposes (i.e. Aurora's Prairie <br />Waters Project). These types of partnerships are non-traditional yet likely to become <br />increasingly important as the East Slope continues to develop and increase in population. It <br />is expected that the three projects that are developed under this effort will result in recharge <br />2