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Water Supply Reserve Account- Grant Application Form Form Revised May 2007 The UAWCD/USGS study will support future growth because it complements CWCB plans for implementing an Arkansas Basin Decision Support System (DSS). UAWCD and USGS participated on November 18, 2008, in a conference call with CWCB's Andy Moore and others to guarantee that the UAWCD/USGS study meshes with but does not duplicate CWCB future planning, which includes: Awarding in 2008, to Colorado State University, the amount of $875,000 for "Data Collection and Assessment in Support of Improved Water Management in the Arkansas River Basin" for a three year 2009-2011 project designed to gather data needed to implement an Arkansas River Decision Support System (DSS); Issuing in 2009, a Scope of Work for a Feasibility Study for an Arkansas River Decision Support System (draft 10/22/08) for a nine-month 2009 project to assess data needs and data gaps by conducting -30 interviews with water resource managers and others. Water related facilities owned or used: Table 3 lists the District's water supply sources. TABLE 3. WATER SUPPLY SOURCES Name Elevation Location Acre Feet Use Municipal, Twin Lakes 200 9 Arkansas River 158 Industrial, Irrigation, , northern border of Chaffee County Shares Domestic Frying Pan N A Arkansas River 450 Municipal, Domestic Project trans-mountain water transfer Rainbow 9 230 Cottonwood Creek, 62 Storage Lake , west of Buena Vista Cottonwood 560 9 Cottonwootl Creek, 116 Storage Lake , west of Buena Vista Thompson N A Cottonwood Creek, 23.45 Municipal, Ditch west of Buena Vista Industrial, Domestic North Fork 11 400 headwaters of the North Fork of 595 Storage Reservoir , South Arkansas River Boss Lake 11 870 Middle Fork of the 221 Irrigation, Storage Reservoir , South Arkansas River 0'Haver 9 200 headwaters of Poncha Creek on 180 Storage Lake , South Arkansas River White Ditch A N South Arkansas River, 26.06 Municipal, . . west of Poncha S rin s Industrial, Domestic Cameron $ 200 South Arkansas River 3.72 c.f.s. Irrigation Ditch west of Poncha Springs DeWeese 7,700 Grape Creek, Custer County 60 Storage Reservoir Funding/revenue sources: Primary revenue sources are municipal storage and augmentation water. Municipal storage is currently 25% of water use. The District provides municipal storage via allocations of space to two municipalities in Chaffee County: the City of Salida and the Town of Poncha Springs. The City of Salida storage allotment in District high mountain reservoirs is utilized to exchange water from Salida's native water rights on the South Arkansas and provide a backup water supply for Salida's -5,500 residents. The Town of Poncha Springs operates several municipal ground water wells to provide water to its -550+ residents, and cannot provide augmentation water for well depletions without access to District storage. Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District (UAWCD) Page 5 of 42