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including Aquacraft's President, Bill DeOreo, P.E., and project engineer Leslie Martien will work on the project. The survey portion of the study will be conducted by the National Research Center (NRC) of Boulder, Colorado. NRC is one of the leader survey research firms in the region and has worked closely with Aquacraft on a number of large studies. The NRC Team will be lead by Erin Caldwell, M.S. and NRC's president Dr. Tom Miller will also contribute his expertise. Aspen Research which has a specialized survey call center will conduct the telephone survey. Methodology In order to complete this project within the required six month time frame, the research methods will be limited to 1) Assembling data and results from recent related water supply evaluation efforts including SWSI and the 2003 drought and water supply update; 2) Conducting a telephone survey, addressing key question areas identified in the Project Goals, with municipal water providers across the State; 3) Conducting research and interviews to update the current status of the 1177 basin roundtable process. The focus of the survey and data assembly effort will be to assess the status of drought, drought planning, and drought preparedness in Colorado in 2007. These results will be used to develop a set of recommendations to the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (SECWCD), Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR), the State Legislature, and the Governor for actions that can be taken to improve Colorado's ability to withstand and respond to drought in the future. The following project tasks are proposed: Task 1: Assemble and Review Recent Colorado Water Supply and Drought Studies and the 1177 Process Significant recent work has been accomplished describing, quantifying, and evaluating Colorado's water supply. The Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) Phase 1 (2004) and Phase 2 (2006), the Colorado Drought and Water Supply Assessment (2003), and other work conducted by regional and local entities are available and provide the results of thousands of hours of research and analysis. The 1177 basin roundtable process created in 2005 by an act of the State Legislature also has important bearing on drought preparedness and water supply in the state. Part of this task will provide a review and update of the 1177 process, specifically as it relates to drought preparedness and drought water supply. The purpose of this task is to bring together as much available information and data on Colorado drought and water supply as possible. Both structural and non - structural responses to drought will be examined. This information will be carefully reviewed and synthesized into the final report to provide as complete a picture as possible of the fundamental drought and water supply issues and challenges confronting Colorado.