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r � • Refine pump station siting based on hydraulic considerations, environmental obstacfes, electrical, etc. (1D a range or radius of site locations for each pump station) • Develop pump station layout concepts • Develop intake facility (1 st pump station) concepts Deliverable: Recommended pipeline alignment, capacity, and configuration, preliminary cost estimate, and construction schedule for one or more pipelines that can deliver water from the Ft. Lyon Canal and upstream on the Arkansas River to northeastern EI Paso County, i.e., to serve Pikes Peak Regional Water Authority. Task G— Delivered Water Quality (Atternative Permanent Ag Transfer Method Grant Program) It is likely that only raw water will be delivered to potential customers and that any treatment required will be their responsibility. The quality of the water delivered will likely have some influence on the price a customer would be willing to pay; therefore HDR will further examine the effects that a rotational fallowing program will have on the water quality of the Arkansas River and the basin as a whole. It is also expected that agricuftural return flows will be decreased along the Arkansas River, thereby having an effect on the water quality. The quality of water affects the treatability and has an effect on the value. The cost to treat raw water to potable quality will be examined for each of the above diversion points. Deliverable: A Summary Report will be prepared covering Tasks F and G, which includes pipeline alternatives and recommendations, storage alternatives and recommendations, and water treatment alternatives and recommendations. Task H— Comprehensive Report on Water Leasing Concept and Super Ditch Company (Alternative Permanent Ag Transfer Method Grant Program) Much of the legal, institutional and technical work necessary for water leasing and the creation and operation of the Super Ditch Company has already been completed. This application covers most of the remaining work necessary for the Super Ditch Company to become operationaf, with the exception of water court change cases and substitute water supply plans, which are not eligible for funding. The Lower District has undertaken development of water leasing as an alternative to agricultural transfers from the beginning with the thought that it could be an example or template for other rural areas in Colorado and the west. Recognizing that much valuable and transferable information has been prepared, the Lower District is willing to facilitate preparation of a comprehensive report on water leasing that would integrate the information from all of the various studies and work that has occurred to date and will occur if this request is funded. Deliverable: Comprehensive Report on Water Leasing Concept and Super Ditch Company, with technical appendices, such as articles of incorporation, bylaws. The report would integrate technical, legal, and institutional information developed in support of the water leasing concept and creation of the Super Ditch Company in a manner that would provide useful background information, directly usable information, and a template or roadmap for others to January 22, 2009 8