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Board of county commissioners <br />Fremont county <br />615 Macon Ave., Room 105 - Canon City, Coloraclo 81212 <br />Phone (719) 276-7300 - Fax (719) 276-7304 <br />Michael J. Stiehl Larry I,asha Ed H. Norden <br />District Onc DisLrictT'%vo DiStrictT7irce <br />November 14, 2008 <br />Mr. Todd Dollerty <br />Intrastate Water Management and Development Section <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1580 Logan Street, Suite 600 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Upper• Arkansas Water Conservancy District Water Supply Reserve Account <br />Mr. Doherty, <br />Fremont County supports the application of the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District for <br />a Water Supply Reserve Account grant from the Arkansas Basin Roundtable. The Distiict's <br />project involves a joint UAWCD-USGS hydrologie water balance study. The phased study <br />begins in Chaffee County and eventually covers four Arkansas headwaters counties: Lake, <br />Chaffee, Fremont, and Custer. <br />Population growth for the Upper Arkansas headwaters region is anticipated to be 72% from 2000 <br />to 2030, according to a Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) Arkansas Basin 2006 Faet <br />Sheet. The Colorado State Demography Office projects that the four counties in tlie study area <br />will increase in population from 60°/u (Fremont) to 160% (Lake). UAWCD has more than 6,700 <br />customers in its more than 2 million acre service area. <br />Fremont County recognizes that State funds to assist this small District strategically located at <br />the headwaters of the Arkansas River will benefit the public beyond District boundaries. The <br />studv will generate data that can be used byall basin river users whether municipal agricuItural <br />or recreational. In Chaffee County, municipal users include Buena Vista, Salida and Poncha <br />Springs; the District serves more than 5,700 municipal water users. Recreational river users <br />predonlinate in Lake County, while Custer County's agricultural sector represents 10.3% of its <br />economy. <br />Tlie Fremont County is glad to support the application of the Uppei• Arkansas Water <br />Conservancy District) for a Water Supply Reserve Account grant. <br />C ? <br />? <br />Larry Lddha Mil:e Stiel / ? <br />il Ed N€ir,den <br />Chainnan