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A President—Matthew Proctor General Manager—Ann M Lopkoff <br /> Vice President—Larry McElroy Secretary/Bookkeeper—Paula Shane <br /> Sec/Treas—Jane Rhodes Admin.Asst.—Lucy Montejano <br /> IP Email: ann @cwpda.org <br /> July 29, 2013 <br /> Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> Finance Section <br /> Attn: Anna Mauss,P.E. <br /> 1580 Logan Street, Suite 600 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> Fax: 303-894-2578 <br /> Dear Ms. Mauss, <br /> Colorado Water Protective and Development Association (CWPDA) is a 501-C12 non-profit <br /> organization,incorporated in the State of Colorado in 1965. The stated primary purpose of the <br /> association is to protect and develop underground and surface waters of the Arkansas River <br /> Basin. <br /> CWPDA has approximately 490 members representing approximately 1019 wells. The <br /> membership is composed of individuals, corporations,municipalities, and other entities that own <br /> or control wells within the Arkansas River Basin. CWPDA's municipal members provide water <br /> to about 38,000 people and irrigation wells of its members provided sole source and <br /> supplemental irrigation water to over 71,000 acres. CWPDA municipal members are primarily <br /> the agricultural communities between Fowler and Las Animas. Most of these members provide <br /> their own augmentation water with allocations of Fry-Ark Project: therefore their water <br /> purchases are not shown on the attached table. This grant request is limited to CWPDA's <br /> irrigation wells. <br /> With the implementation of the Amended Rules and Regulations Governing Groundwater <br /> Pumping in the Arkansas River Basin, Colorado, CWPDA has developed and operates an annual <br /> plan for providing augmentation water to replace the out-of-priority stream depletions of its <br /> member wells. The ongoing drought has had an adverse financial impact upon CWPDA and its <br /> membership. CWPDA anticipates having to increase members' administrative fees to cover <br /> 1220 East VI Street, La Junta, CO 81050 <br /> Phone: 719-384-2754 Fax: 719-384-2123 <br /> www.cwpda.org <br />