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• Board Meeting Date: 11/18/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Water Supply Reserve Account - Amendments to the WSRA Criteria and Guidelines
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Revised November 7, 2008
Eligibility Requirements
Senate Bill 06-179 is very specific regarding eligibility requirements and these criteria and
guidelines are developed from the direction provid ed in the legislation. In order for a water
activity to be eligible for funding it must: 1) be approved by a roundtable pursuant to article 75
of title 37, C.R.S. and the approving roundtable sha ll be the roundtable for the basin in which the
proposed water diversion or nonstructural activity wo uld occur; 2) meet the eligibility categories
described below; and 3) be approved by the CWCB utilizing the criteria and guidelines jointly
developed by the IBCC and CWCB. The legislation also emphasizes that the criteria and
guidelines shall help meet the water needs identified by the SWSI and other appropriate sources.
Eligible Water Activities, as identified in Senate Bill 06-179, include the following:
Competitive grants for environmental compliance and feasibility studies;
Technical assistance regard ing permitting, feasibility studies, and environmental
compliance;
Studies or analysis of structural, nonstructural, consumptive, and nonconsumptive water
needs, projects, or activities; and
Structural and nonstructural water projects or activities.
All request(s) for funds will be evaluated by CW CB utilizing the criteria and guidelines jointly
developed by the IBCC and CWCB. The evaluation process is described in Part 3.
Eligible entities that may apply for grants or loans from the Account include:
Public (Government) - municipali ties, enterprises, counties, state and federal
government and State of Colorado agencies. Federal agencies are encouraged to work
with local entities and the local entity should be the grant recipient. Federal agencies are
eligible, but only if they can make a compelling cas e for why a local partner cannot be
the grant recipient.
Public (Districts) - special, water and sanitation, conservancy, conservations, irrigation,
water activity enterprises
Private Incorporated - mutual ditch companies, homeowners associations, non-profit
corporations
Private (Unincorporated) - individuals, partnerships, and sole proprietors are eligible for
Basin Funds but are not eligible for Statewide Funds.
Non-governmental organizations - are broadly de fined as any organization that is not part
of the government. These organizations are typi cally non-profit but they also include for-
profit corporations.
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