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Clifton Water District The Clifton Water District co-owns with the City of Grand Junction the Grand Junction Colorado River Pipeline. The water right was decreed conditionally on July 25, 1959 in Water Court case CA 8303 for 120.0 cfs for inunicipal industrial and doinestic uses. The City of Grand Junction owns 80.0 cfs, the Clifton Water District owns 20.0 cfs, and the remaining 20.0 cfs was conveyed to another entity in 1976. To date the Clifton Water District has beneficially used 11.61 cfs, the City of Grand Junction has beneficially used 6.96 cfs and the remaining 81.43 cfs remains conditionaL The Clifton Water District also owns 1,626 shares in the Grand Valley Irrigation Coinpany ditch, an ainount equal to 21.6 cfs. The District has a water treatinent plant that can treat up to 12 MGD. a. Through full iinpleinentation of this WCP, the entities hope to achieve a 20% savings of its water supplies. However, these savings inay not be realized for soine tiine to coine because behaviors, attitudes, and habits can be difficult to change to achieve sustained savings over a long period of tiine. b. According to the State Deinographer, estiinated population growth for Mesa County for the years of 2005-2010 will equal or exceed 2.9% per year. Because of the growth of the oil and gas industry and an increase of retirees inoving to Mesa County, population growth in Mesa County will probably exceed 3.5% per year. 5. Consultant will reference the Entities previous Water Conservation Plans to create a new Regional Water Conservation Plan. The WCP will describe current conservation ineasures iinpleinented by the Entities under their previous Water Conservation Plans and atteinpt to quantify how those have iinpacted water usage. The updated Water Conservation Plan will also describe new conservation ineasures and goals that the Entities intend to achieve. 6. The Entities requests approval of grant inoney totaling $50,000.00. Please refer to the "Project Schedule and Milestones" for plan expenditure and timeline. A 50% completion will be achieved by six months from grant approval and 95% completion at 12 months froin grant approval (including a 60 day public review period). 7. The Entities currently have liinited staff and resources to coinplete WCP but see an opportunity to implement water conservation measures as a result that will greatly impact its finite water supply. The Entities are determined to change water use patterns and habits in the Grand Valley by encouraging it's customers to become more water conservation ininded so that water savings can be obtained for the future. The Entities intend to use the grant inonies as well as in-kind services to coinplete the WCP. The Entities will provide the consultant all information, including billing and financial inforination, as well as Steering Coininittee and staff tiine (in-kind services) to successfully complete the WCP. 4