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Water Supply Initiative Phase 2, the basins’ n eeds reports, DU’s experi ence in the use of <br />agricultural water rights for the development of wetlands and wildlife habitat, Aurora’s <br />experience in transfers and l eases of agricultural water for municipal and industrial <br />purposes, and the experience and research conducted by other team members including <br />the CWRRI concerning alternativ e agricultural water transfer measures. In addition, the <br />Team also seeks to compliment or to enhan ce 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 Us ing Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer <br />Methods <br />Task 5: Produce Detailed Engineering, Ec onomic, and Institutional Data for the Three <br />Selected Projects Sufficient to Facilitate Im plementation 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 proj ect meets the evaluation criteria and the expected benefits. <br />The proposed project is unique in that the pa rticipants include agricultural water users, <br />municipal and industrial users, and environmental in terests. The ‘Busin ess Plan’ which is <br />the main delivera ble for this project will pr oduce a tool that an agri cultural 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 eval uate the potential effec tiveness of a variety of <br />alternatives, applying the co nsumptive use credit s to wetlands recharge projects and <br />ultimately diverted for use for municipal an d industrial purposes (i.e. Aurora’s Prairie <br />Waters Project). These types of partnerships are non-trad itional yet likely to become <br />increasingly important as the East Slope continue s to develop and increase in population. It <br />is expected that the three projec ts that are developed under this effort w ill result in recharge <br />2 <br />