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• Board Meeting Date: 5/19/2009
• Description: IWMD Section - Water Supply Reserve Account ‎(WSRA)‎ Criteria and Guidelines
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Revised July 8 10 , 2009
Evaluation Criteria – the following criteria will be utilized to further evaluate the merits of the
water activity proposed for funding from the Statewide Account.
Promoting Collaboration and Cooperation
a. The water activity addresses multiple needs or issues, including consumptive and/or non-
consumptive needs, or the need s and issues of multiple interests or multiple basins.
b. The number and types of entities represented in the application and the degree to which
the activity will promote cooperation and co llaboration among traditional consumptive
water interests and/or non-consumptive interests, and if applicable, the degree to which
the water activity is effective in addressing intrabasin or interbasin needs or issues.
Facilitating Water Activity Implementation
c. Funding from this Account will reduce the un certainty that the water activity will be
implemented. For this criterion the applicant should discuss how receiving funding from
the Account will make a significant difference in the implementation of the water activity
(i.e., how will receiving funding enable th e water activity to move forward).
d. There is an urgency of need for the water activity and/or any compelling “window of
opportunity” that may be missed without funding from the Account.
e. The length of time needed to implement the water activity; preference will be given to
activities which can be implemented in the least amount of time taking into consideration
the complexity of the activity.
f. The applicant has the expertise and ability to implement the proposed activity.
g. The applicant is providing matching funds and the amount of matching funds or is
obtaining partial funding from other sources and the amount and source of such other
funds or is providing demonstrable in-kind contributions.
h. The applicant has a demonstrated need for financial assistance based on the inability or
difficulty obtaining funding elsewhere.
Meeting Water Management Goals and Objectives and Identified Water Needs
i. The water activity helps comple te a needs assessment, including consumptive and/or non-
consumptive needs, that was not fully funded from other sources.
j. The water activity meets one or more of the water management obj ectives identified in
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the Statewide Water Supply Initiative , helps implement projects and processes identified
as helping meet Colorado’s future water needs, and/or addresses the gap areas between
available water supply and future need as identified in the Statewide Water Supply
Initiative or a roundtable’s basin-wide water needs assessment done in accordance with
the Colorado Water for the 21 Century Act.
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The nine water management objectives are: sustainably meet municipal and industrial demands; sustainably meet
agricultural demands; optimize existing and future water supplies; enhance recreationa l opportunities; provide for
environmental enhancements; promote cost effectiveness; pr otect cultural values; provide for operational flexibility;
and comply with all applicable laws regulations, and water rights.
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