Animas-La Plata Project Water Supply Demand Study

Section 4 Animas - La Plata Water Supply and Demand Study
districts for acquisition of a portion of the State's share of A -LP Project supply and for construction of
necessary infrastructure to utilize the A -LP Project supply.
Town of Bayfield: It is recommended that follow up phone calls be made in Phase H with the Town's water
engineer and Dirk Nelson, Water Treatment Plant Operator. The frequency of demand that Bayfield has for
additional water needs to be further investigated to determine if it is economically feasible to provide dry year
supplies from A -LP Project water rather than with $250 per AF Vallecito Reservoir water. This
possibility/alterative should be further discussed with Dirk Nelson.
d. Group of Possible Buyers Suggested By Southwestern Water Conservation' District:
As part of the effort in setting up a joint program with the Southwestern District, CWCB and Brown and
Caldwell will work with the Southwestern District to expand the list of possible buyers of the State's share of
A -LP Project project water. These potential buyers will be subsequently contacted and efforts made to assist
these potential customers with acquiring a portion of the State's share.
Brown and Caldwell will provide the staff for the meetings, analysis required for this task, and required
follow -up as directed by CWCB.
TASK 5: Buyers' Assistance Program:
Utilizing the information gained concerning federal and state funding, Brown and Caldwell will design
financing programs for identified purchasers of A -LP Project water to assist them in acquiring a share of the
State's allocation thereby increasing sales of the State's share of A -LP Project water. This will be done in
cooperation with the Southwestern Water Conservation District. This program could include: providing
assistance in obtaining loans and grants from Federal sources for pumping, conveyance and water treatment
facilities and using available state funds including the CWCB loan fund to facilitate implementation of
required facilities for pumping, conveyance, and treatment of the A -LP Project water. With policy direction
from CWCB, Brown and Caldwell will provide necessary staff to implement this task.
TASK 6: Design Program To Market Remainder Of State's Allocation
It will be necessary to design a program to market the remainder of the State's share of A -LP Project water.
Estimating how much additional A -LP Project water can be sold from the State's share with the above
described assistance through the Phase II program is difficult because few M &I suppliers contacted by
Brown and Caldwell have completed demand forecasts and the SWSI demand forecast is on a regional basis.
Based on the information available, however, Brown and Caldwell believes that it may be possible with
assistance to sell 1000 -2000 acre -feet in addition to the 500 -1000 acre -feet indicated in Table 4 -1 above for
M&I purposes at the present time. Therefore, CWCB should consider making a decision about the
disposition of the remaining 7,460 -8,960 acre -feet. Disposition of this remaining portion of the A -LP Project
water will need to look at alternatives beyond M&I use within La Plata and Archuleta Counties.
A feasibility investigation of alternatives to market or otherwise use the remaining portion of the State's
allocation will have both engineering and legal components because of the suggested use of some of
remaining A -LP Project water for meeting the State's Colorado River Compact requirements. Brown and
Caldwell proposes to add an attorney, knowledgeable in the Colorado River Compact, to its team for
purposes of doing a feasibility investigation for marketing the remainder of Colorado's 10,460 acre -foot
allocation of A -LP Project water. Brown and Caldwell will complete a feasibility level report examining the
alternatives, including use the remaining portion of the allocation to meet Colorado's Compact requirements,
within a time frame that would allow CWCB to make a decision on the disposition of the unsold portion of
the State's allotment.
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