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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

Time-line for Completion of Grand Valley Regional Water Conservation Plan
It is anticipated that the Grand Valley Regional Water Conservation Plan (GVWCP) will
be developed in a 12-inonth period. Following is the proposed tiine-line for the
completion of the GVWCP:
1. Upon approval of the CWCB grant for the GVWCP, consultant will begin collecting
and summarizing the background water information data for the City of Grand
Junction, the Ute Water Conservancy District, and the Clifton Water District. This
will include:
Step 1. Profiling the E~sting Water Systeins
Step 2. Characterizing Water Use and Demand Forecast and
Step 3. Profiling Proposed Facilities.
Concurrently, the Steering Coininittee will ineet to develop goals of the GVWCP,
Step 4. Identification of Water Conservation Goals.
It is anticipated that the GVWCP will be at 50% completion within 4 months of the
initiation of the Water Conservation Plan. At 50% coinpletion of the GVWCP, a
progress report will be sent to the Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning.
Assuming an August 10, 2009 start date for the GVWCP a 50% completion report will be
sent to CWCB February 15, 2009.
2. During the following 4 inonths, the Water Conservation Plan will be developed
following:
Step 6. Evaluation and Selection of Water Conservation Measures and Programs
Step 7. Integration of Resources and Modification of the Demand Forecasts
Step g. Development of the linplementation Program with a timeline and plan for
Step 9. Monitoring, Evaluating and Revising the conservation activities and
WCP.
After Step 9 is reached, it is anticipated that the GVWCP will be at 95% completion. On
April 19, 2010 a progress report and draft GVWCP will be sent to the CWCB Office of
Water Conservation and Drought Planning and to the Board of Directors of the City of
Grand Junction, the Ute Water Conservancy District, and the Clifton Water District.
3. During the last 4 months, comments and recommendations from the CWCB and the
three Boards of Directors will be considered and included in the GVWCP. Once
comments are received and included in the GVWCP, the Plan will be announced for
public review for a 60-day period. At the end of the 60 days, all coininents received
will be considered for inclusion in the Plan and the final draft will be sent to the
CWCB for approval on August 16, 2010. Upon approval, hard copies with an
electronic copy will be sent to the Boards and the CWCB.
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