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JAN-12-1994 0954 FROM GJPO BUREAU REC. 0 ??L-24:,oi99 P.03 <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) <br />- Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) <br />- Colorado River Water Conservation District (CRWCD) <br />- Denver Water (DW) <br />- Northern Colorado Water Conservation District (NCWCD) <br />By participating in this study, no sponsor is making an endursemcut u4 ur Lwuvnitment <br />to support any change in the operation of the Grand Valley Project or any changes in the <br />uses of the decreed water rights of the Project <br />IIL Ontlice of the Study <br />'fie proposed study will be conducted in three phasm <br />Phase I - The primary participants of the initial phase will be GVWUA and <br />ReciatuadOn. This phase will include an appraisal-luwel analysis of the alternatives <br />available to modify and reoperate the project as well as a preliminary each option. of <br />the economic. fins icial, eavirommez and institutional viability P <br />wM involve modeling the irrigatinn Vuem and evaluating improvement optio= <br />ecinmiatinn and GVWUA began work on the Phase I in Fiscal Year (FY) 1993. <br />Reclamation and the GVWUA will continue modeling and monitmmg of <br />ad®istrO"TO spills as part of this MOU. As formal work on the phase H begins, <br />Phase I may be modified to address technical questions associated with legal or <br />institutional issues. The results of this phase will be a recommendation of proposed <br />modifica-Jon costs, quantification of fire volume of conserved water. anti <br />a proposed operation for the improved canal system. <br />Phase II - All Sponsors will participate in the second phase which will include an <br />analysis of the legal and instimtionai issues concerning the protection of conserved <br />water to enhance flows in the 15 - Mile Reach. This phase will begin in February 1994 <br />and will continue through calendar year 1995. During the first step of this phase the <br />study Sponsors will develop a detailed work plan for evaluating the legal and <br />institutional issues and provide r for resolution. <br />Phase III - If a viable plan is identified in the first phase and a proposed solution to <br />the legal and institutional issues can be identified in phase two, then the study will <br />advance to the third phase. During the third phase Reclamation will prepare a <br />feadbility-level Planning Report/NEPA compliance document while all study Sponsors <br />implement the resolution to the legal and institutional issues. If a viable alternative <br />is identified, the final implementation of this study is scheduled to be complete by <br />September 1998. <br />2