Arkansas - UAWCD Telemetry Data Collection_Notice to Proceed & Contract

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Procedure: Because this Task involves purchasing capital equipment and the labor to install it, a direct approach will be taken. This will involve a direct relationship between UAWCD through its Water Activity Enterprise Fund and its local consulting hydrologist. The direct approach involves installing reservoir data collection platforms using a staged approach. The District Engineer prioritized the installation of the reservoir data collection platforms to coordinate with the locations where exchanges are a main concern. Because high mountain reservoirs are difficult if not impossible to access in winter months, data collection platforms will be installed during the spring and summer. Personnel: The work will be done by Jord N. Gertson, President, SourceWater Consulting, LLC, Buena Vista, CO. Project management and meetings involve oversight by the District Manager and the District Engineer. Gertson will wire data collection components together, program each data collection sensor, and conduct startup testing using a CR BASIC program. He will calibrate and report initial month data. Financial reporting and performance reporting, and the Final Report will be managed by Patricia J. Bungert, an associate of SourceWater Consulting, LLC, Buena Vista, CO. Bungert will complete payment requests that describe the work accomplished by major task, estimate the percent completed by individual tasks, and estimate the percent completed for the entire water activity vis-a-vis the percentage of budget spent. Financial reporting will be conducted concurrent with BOR reporting, and will identify any major issues and proposed or implemented corrective actions. Deliverables: Deliverables include reporting on quantifiable pre- and post-project performance measures that quantify actual benefits upon completion of the project, as well as a final report documenting the installation of the measurement devices. Performance measures were developed for BOR and will be submitted to both BOR and CWCB simultaneously at the end of the 24 month project. Actual benefits of Task A (installing data collection platforms at six reservoirs) will be derived by comparing pre-project data with post-project data. Both pre- and post-project measurements will be derived from: • Frequency and accuracy of data on reservoir water levels and releases, and • Employee time spent on reservoir monitoring and water control. Task B: Constructing measuring devices and related gauges at nine stream locations Description: Task B involves constructing /installing measuring devices and related telemetry gauging at nine streams to allow water supplies to be more accurately measured, tracked through the delivery system, and distributed. The streams and their locations are listed in Table 4 below.