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Threshold and Evaluation Criteria <br />The application articulates how the project meets all four Threshold Criteria. <br />Specifically with regard to 44 (relation to the Basin-Wide Water Needs Assessment), the District and this water <br />activity meet the provisions of Section 37-75-104(2). The District is listed in the SWSI June 2006 Water,Supj)ly and <br />Needs ReRortf'or the Dolores San Juan &in Miguel Basin, Table 8-3 "Detailed Identified Projects and Processes for <br />Dolores/San Juan/San Miguel Basin". The Major Provider is listed as the La Plata Archuleta Water District and the <br />Notes indicate "This District is needed to treat and distribute water. There is a gap if this District is not formed. <br />Options include wells or water hauling." The District is now formed and is beginning the process to provide treatment <br />and distribution of potable water to the area. <br />Funding Overview <br />Grant funding in the amount of $100,000 is being requested from the Southwest Basin Account. Funding from the <br />WSRA constitutes 100% of preparing the Water System Master Plan, but only a small portion of the overall project <br />cost. Much of the permitting, environmental compliance and ultimate construction will be financed from tai revenue <br />Development of the Master Plan must be accomplished prior to the mill levy ballot measure scheduled for November <br />2009. <br />Discussion: <br />The overall water project is to construct and operate a potable water supply, treatment, and distribution system for a <br />400 square mile service area. The present water supply in the area is individual or community wells primarily based <br />on flood irrigation to recharge the aquifers. However, flood irrigation is declining with conversion to sprinklers for <br />irrigation and sub-division of land into smaller tracts. The trend appears to be for more domestic demand as property is <br />subdivided while the ground water supply is decreasing which will increase the number of homes hauling water. <br />Many property owners in the area already must haul water for domestic use because they have no viable well supply or <br />the quality of the groundwater is less than desirable and not potable. The District will provide a reliable and safe <br />supply of water that would address these issues, and would also provide a reliable source of water for fire protection, <br />benefiting all property in the District's service area. <br />This project is an example of one of the original purposes for the WSRA program. Grant fiinding will help the District <br />with the necessary steps so it can be a self-financing and self-supported entity. Successfid completion of a Master Plan <br />will help the District finance the remainder of the pre-construction and construction activities. <br />This project also helps meet a critical seater supply need in the Southwest. SWSI identified this as an important project <br />for meeting the areas M&I water supply needs. <br />Issues/Additional Needs: <br />The application included sufficient detail in the Scope of Work for staff evaluation, but a more detailed Scope of <br />Work, budget, and schedule will be needed for contracting purposes. Please provide a detailed Scope of Work for <br />completion of the master plan including specific task. For each task describe the task, the method that will be used, <br />and the deliverable. Please provide a detailed budget outline the costs associated with each task. Please provide a <br />schedule for completion of each task. <br />All products, data and information developed as a result of this grant must be provided to CWCB in hard copy and <br />electronic format as part of the project documentation. This information will in turn be made widely available to Basin <br />Roundtables and the general public and will help promote the development of a common technical platform.