Finance Committee Meeting 2011

• Board Meeting Date: 9/13/2011
• Description: 2011 Finance Sub-Committee Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

COlO,f, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
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i( `S;Ne uM`' * John W.Hickenlooper
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Mike King
Executive Director
Dick Wolfe,P.E.
Director/State Engineer
MEMORANDUM
To: Jennifer Gimbel, Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board
From: Scott Cuthbertson,Assistant State Engineer-- Public Safety
Cc: Tom Ley, Jeff Baessler, and Dan McAuliffe
Date: August 15, 2011
RE: Division of Water Resources Satellite-linked Monitoring System and Stream Gage
Refurbishment Funding Request for FY2012-13
Summary
The Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) requests $300,000 from the CWCB Construction Fund
for FY2012-13. The requested funds support the continued, long-term operational viability of over 500
satellite-linked water resources monitoring sites, including replacement of out-dated data collection platforms
and satellite telemetry transmission components and refurbishment/renovation of gaging stations. The
specific distribution of the funds requested is as follows:
1. $245,000 for replacement of out-dated Data Collection Platforms (DCP)and associated satellite
telemetry equipment and upgrading of satellite transmission components. Funds requested in this
category allows the replacement of out of date DCPs at DWR satellite monitoring gaging stations as
technology improvements become available or are mandated by NOAA, the Federal Agency that
manages the GOES satellite resource.
2. $55,000 for refurbishing existing stream gages as needed to maintain operational reliability of
stream flow data collection. This is a recurring annual request to cover refurbishment and repair
costs which arise due to deterioration and exceedance of life expectancy of the physical stream
gage infrastructure.
Introduction
The Division of Water Resources and CWCB, consistent with Section 37-60-121 and Section 37-80-102
C.R.S., maintain the stream gaging program to support multi-agency and water user needs such as water
rights administration, compact protection, flood forecasting and warning, and Decision Support System
implementation and use. DWR must maintain the electronics in satellite-linked data collection stations;
refurbish gage station infrastructure and non-electronic hardware for stations that are deteriorating;
refurbish/replace cableways used for high flow measurements or implement alternate means of high flow
measurement (for subsequent calibration of the upper end of stage-discharge relationships), and continue,
as necessary, the operation of vital gages which are currently operated by the
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