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• Board Meeting Date: 7/13/2009
• Description: OWCDP Section - Water Efficiency Grant Request - City of Grand Junction,Ute Water Conservancy District, and Clifton Water District - Regional Water Conservation Plan
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE ~F ~~L~RAD~
Colorado Water CQn~er--ativn Baard
Department v~ Natural RQSOUrces
1313 5herman Stree;, Raom 7Z1
Dcn~er, Goinrsdo $fS24~
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T0: Cnlaradn Water Cons~~ratic~n Boaxd IViembers
FRDM: Vet~a Deheza, Sccti~n Chief
Qf~'ice of Water Cnn:~ervatzon ~nd DmughtPlanniiig
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I]ATE: 7uty I3, ~~~9
9i11 Ritter,.]r.
Gov~mpr
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DNR Executivc Dirrectat
lcxrntifex L. Cirnhe[
CWGB Dlr$ctnr
Ilan McAuliFFe
CVI~CH IJe}~ury Direetar
5UB3ECT: Agenda Item 9, July 21-2Z, 2~l19 Sa~rd Me~eting.
aff'i~e a~ ~Vater C~nservatian & Drt-ught Pl~nning - Water Efficieney ~rant
Rcquest - City of Grand Junc~ion, Ute R~a#er C~nsen~ancy D~strict, and
CIiftnn Water Di~triict - Regianal Wat~r Can~er~vatioa P1an
Introduc~i~n
The coWered entitie5 0~ the City of Grand runction Department af Lltilities, ~lif}an Water
District, and Ute ~ater C~nser~ancy Distric# ~re jointly requesti~g $S4,U~O.QD from ~he Water
Effici~ency ~rant Program Fun~l ta provide funding o~er ttie next year to deve~op ~e Grand
~aliey Reginnal Water Con~ervatifln P~an. Eut~ds will be used.tv llire $ cansultant to as~ist the
entities ii~ c~mple'ting a r~egional Water Conservafipn Pla~, the first af it~ l~ind in Culurado.
R~ommendat~i~n
The OW~DP re~Qmmends that the BQard award ~ 1~Vater E$'icienc~ Crrarit in the atnQUnt of
~5D,0~{1.0Q o~er the next year tp the City ~f Grand Sunct~an, Gliftnn Water Dis#rict, arid Ute
Water ~vnser~!ancy District to aid in a~hie~ th~eir gaal to der~elap and implement a regional
water r.onserr~$tion plan that rvill deli~+er broad w,~ter conservation prvgrams and educa~ional
lY1~DTTC1~~lOII.
5ummary ~f Prnpasal
'I`tre DOVCDP recei~ed a Water Efficiency Grant applicatian firom the Gity of Cnand Jun~tion
Department of Utilities, Cliftan Water District, and Ute Water Canservancy DistriEt to d~~iop ~
regional ~Vater Conservation Plai~. These ca~ered entities are local go~~rnments and water
ciistricYs created for the purpase of de~elQping water resvurces for the Grand Valley~ on the
~r~ester~ slape af Calo~rada. °The ~o~ered entitie~ pxa~ide domestic water tn tkte Grand Valley
includang the Git~ of Grand Jun~ti~n b~etween the Ta~vns vf Fruita and Palisade, Calorada. Each
Qf the. entities: dev~ta~i a wa#er cQnserv~tinn plan in 19~~, and ~vvuld naw like tfl comhine and
updat~ their Water Conservation Pians into an~ regiana~l Plazl.
The prapased r~givnal VVater Canservation Plan will be develvped fvllowing the C'VLrCB Water
Canser~ativn Plan De~el~pm~nt Guidanc~ Dacument and will not vnly desc~ibe curreat
conservation measure~ implemented by the entiti~s and quantif~ haw txiese me~sures h~~e
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