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Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods -Grant Application Form <br />January 2008 <br />• Method or procedure that will be used or followed to accomplish the task and ident? who will <br />undertake the task.' <br />Several subtasks will be conducted in this overall task including <br />• A brief inventory will be completed of the successes and failures of projects using the <br />alternative agricultural water transfer methods to determine what has worked and why and <br />what has not worked very well and why. These data, results and findings will later be <br />incorporated into the Business Plan which will be developed in Task 6. <br />• If the consumptive use credits, return flows, administration and accounting requirements, <br />and other engineering data are not available for the candidate projects, a screening level <br />analysis will be conducted to develop these data using existing tools and computer models <br />including StateCU, ACAS, etc. These existing tools and computer models will be <br />incorporated into the Business Plan to be developed in Task 6. <br />• A preliminary determination of economic and business data will be accomplished to <br />determine whether each of the candidate projects can be an economically feasible project. <br />This invesfigation will include a screening level analysis to determine potential impacts to <br />agricultural producers and potential levels of compensation that would be required to <br />make the candidate projects economically feasible. In addition, the potential to market the <br />recharge credits from each candidate project will be evaluated. <br />• Sufficient investigation of legal issues associated with each candidate project will be <br />completed in order to determine if there are any legal obstacles which could potentially <br />obstruct implementation of the candidate projects. These data, results and findings will <br />later be incorporated into the Business Plan which will be developed in Task 6. <br />• In order to determine the feasibility of potential wetland waterfowl habitat projects at <br />each of the candidate project locations and the feasibility of resale of the consumptive use <br />credits after initial use for the waterfowl habitat projects, several maps will be developed <br />including maps describing large water projects and intake structures, ditch service areas, <br />existing and future gravel pits, and lagging rates for recharge credits. These maps will be <br />used to develop recommendations for the locations of the candidate projects. GIS will be <br />used to develop and overlay maps. ACAS will be used to develop the map showing <br />lagging rates for recharge. These maps and other data will be incorporated into the <br />Business Plan to be developed in Task 6. <br />• Exchange potential will be evaluated for the candidate projects. A database will be <br />developed that includes call data, river flow data, and diversion location data. The <br />database will be used to identify "bottlenecks" in river flow that would limit the ability to <br />exchange recharge credits upstream. SPDSS data where available will be extensively <br />employed. Studies of exchange potential have been conducted in the past, and the intent <br />of this subtask is to update, customize, and enhance those studies. <br />• A technical memorandum will be developed that documents all of the above research. <br />The technical memorandum will contain recommendations for implementafion of the <br />alternative water transfer methods and the selection of the three specific projects for <br />implementafion <br />24