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Water Supply Reserve Account- Grant Application Form Form Revised May 2007 The Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District water activity is a study of water availability by a conservancy district. The Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District is an eligible entity. 2. The water activity is consistent with Section 37-75-102 Colorado Revised Statutes. The requirements/language from the statute is provided in Part 3 of the Criteria and Guidelines. The Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District recognizes water rights as a private usufructuary property right. Its water activity is consistent with both part (1) and (2) of § 37-75-102 C.R.S. regarding water rights protections. Regarding (1), it does not supersede, abrogate, or otherwise impaired the current system of allocating water within Colorado. Regarding (2), it does not diminish, impair, or cause injury to any property or contractual right created by intergovernmental agreements, contracts, stipulations among parties to water cases, terms and conditions in water decrees, or any other similar document related to the allocation or use of water. It does not supersede, abrogate, or cause injury to vested water rights or decreed conditional water rights. It does not impair, limit, or otherwise affect the rights of persons or entities to enter into agreements, contracts, or memoranda of understanding with other persons or entities relating to the appropriation, movement, or use of water. The water activity underwent an evaluation and approval process and was approved by the Basin Roundtable (BRT) and the application includes a description of the results of the BRTs evaluation and approval of the activity. At a minimum, the description must include the level of agreement reached by the roundtable, including any minoriry opinion(s) if there was not general agreement for the activity. The description must also include reasons why general agreement was not reached (if it was not), including who opposed the activity and why they opposed it. The water study was evaluated and approved by the Arkansas Basin Roundtable (BRT) needs assessment committee chairman during the first week of January 2009, and by the BRT on January 14, 2009. A letter of support signed by the chair of the roundtable is included in Appendix A. The letter describes: ? The level of agreement reached by the roundtable, ? A summary of any minority opinion(s) if any, ? Reasons why general agreement was not reached (if it was not), including who opposed the activity and why they opposed it, and ? How the water activity furthers the BRT's needs assessment (in accordance with Amended WSRA Criteria and Guidelines). 4. The water activity meets the provisions of Section 37-75-104(2), Colorado Revised Statutes. The requirements/language from the statute is provided in Part 3 of the Criteria and Guidelines. The study will help the Arkansas basin fill its anticipated municipal and industrial (M&I) water shortfall. The 2006 Arkansas Basin fact sheet estimated the M&I shoffall at 17,100 acre feet. The 2008 basin M&I needs assessment estimated the M&I shortfall will be 31,500 acre feet by 2030. The study meets both consumptive and non-consumptive needs, yet is primarily related to the need to quantify water supply availability. Table 5 summarizes how the study meets with §37-75-104 (2)(c). Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District (UAWCD) Page 9 of 42