Joint Front Range Climate Change Study SOW

• Applicant: City of Aurora
• Grant Type: Severance Tax
• Fiscal Year ‎(i.e. 2008)‎: 2008
• Project Name: Joint Front Range Climate Change Vulnerability Study
• CWCB Section: Water Conservation & Drought Planning
• Contract/PO #: C154126
• Grants - Doc Type: Scope of Work

aid in the understanding of how some of these changes may impact Front Range water
supplies. This study is a cooperative investigation designed to examine potential impacts
of climate change on Front Range water systems.
PARTICIPATION AND ROLES
The three main groups involved with this project are the:
Project steering committee (PSC)
Internal advisory committee (IAC), and
Project management and investigative team.
Grog I — Proiect Steering; Committee
This group consists of representatives from Aurora Water (Aurora), City of Boulder
(Boulder), City of Fort Collins (Fort Collins), Colorado Spring Utilities (Colorado
Springs), Denver Water (Denver), and Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
(Northern). The role of the PSC is to ensure this study meets each provider's needs.
Each entity represented in the PSC must sign a project funding agreement involving the
project manager (the American Water Works Association Research Foundation also
known as AwwaRF), and the principal investigators. The PSC entities must also each
complete a co- funding support form. Any concerns with the wording of the project
funding agreement must be documented in detail on the project proposal submitted to the
AwwaRF. Additionally, each member of the PSC must determine the type and amount of
in -kind contributions it wishes to have for this project and must document these
contributions in the AwwaRF proposal (see attachments for more information).
This group also establishes the climate variables that are assessed and agrees on the
historic naturalized streamflow data for this study. The CWCB further helps coordinate
this study with the methodology used in the CWCB climate change analysis for the entire
Colorado River Basin. These steps are the first towards the standardization of streamflow
data that may be used by all providers along the Front Range.
Grog 2 -- Internal Advisory Committee
Two entities will be included in the internal advisory committee, WWA and CWCB. The
WWA will help the PSC choose appropriate global climate models (GCMs) and obtain or
develop the downscaled GCM datasets. The WWA should also help the PSC select
appropriate scenarios for adjusting historic climate data, and interpret the study results.
This participation is considered an in -kind contribution from the WWA to the project.
The CWCB will be responsible for ensuring the procedures used to compile and create
historic streamflow data are adequate. The CWCB further helps coordinate this study
with the methodology used in the CWCB climate change analysis for the entire Colorado
River Basin. Additional guidance on making the methodology applicable to other water
users in other parts of the state and country will be provided through the CWCB, WWA,
and AwwaRF.