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C;. rr"' Rio Grande Water Conservation District <br /> 1 10900 Highway 160 East • Alamosa, Colorado 81101 <br /> Phone: (719) 589-6301 • Fax: (719) 589-4331 <br /> Protecting & Conserving San Luis Valley Water <br /> rva .\c;c' <br /> November 3, 2009 <br /> RE: Colorado Water Conservation Board Grant #C150093 final report <br /> The Rio Grande Water Conservation District (District) applied for and received a grant <br /> for $200,000 to assist the Bureau of Reclamation in the rehabilitation and re-drill of <br /> existing Closed Basin wells to more efficiently salvage groundwater to be used to help <br /> meet the commitments of the Rio Grande Compact for the State of Colorado. The <br /> money was used to purchase supplies that were needed to re-drill wells that were not <br /> properly functioning and to rehabilitate wells that were not running efficiently. <br /> The grant was expended between August 1, 2002, and June 30, 2006. By the end of <br /> the contract, the Bureau of Reclamation was able to re-drill 30 wells with supplies and <br /> parts purchased by the District with money from the CWCB grant and the money the <br /> Bureau was able to find in their budget to match the grant funds. The total amount <br /> spent from the grant was $199,869.26. All invoices for supplies were sent in with <br /> request for reimbursement from the District to provide documentation of supplies that <br /> were being purchased for the wells. <br /> The Bureau continues to work on their re-drill project for wells that are not producing <br /> salvage water due to bio-fouling from iron bacteria. They have successfully re-drilled 52 <br /> wells as of October 31, 2009. The project is still on-going and is now fully funded by the <br /> federal budget. <br />