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SIAI E OF COLORADO <br /> • OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER <br /> Division of Water Resourcesc'k <br /> Department of Natural Resources / <br /> 1313 Sherman Street,Room 818 <br /> Denver,Colorado 80203 » e;s-v <br /> Phone(303)866-3581 <br /> FAX(303)888-3589 <br /> Bit Ritter,Jr. <br /> http://www.water.state.co.us Governor <br /> Hams D.Sherman <br /> Executive Director <br /> Dick Wolfe,PE <br /> Director/State Engineer <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> To: Jennifer Gimbel, Director, Colorado Water Conservati n Board <br /> From: Dick Wolfe, State Engineer J <br /> Cc: Tom Ley, Mike Serlet, Jeff Baessler, and Dan McAuliffe <br /> Date: August 4, 2008 <br /> RE: Division of Water Resources Satellite-linked Monitoring System <br /> DWR and CWCB Flood Hardening of Existing Stream Gages <br /> • • <br /> Summary <br /> The Colorado Division of Water Resources requests$350,000 from the CWCB Construction Fund for <br /> FY2009-10. The funds are for continued, long-term operational viability of over 450 satellite-linked water <br /> monitoring sites, renovation of existing gaging stations, and replacement of out-dated data collection <br /> • <br /> platforms and satellite telemetry transmission components. In addition, many existing gaging stations need <br /> to be modified to provide critical stream flow data for flood warning and high flow monitoring. The specific <br /> distribution of the funds requested is as follows: <br /> 1. $245,000 for replacement of out-dated Data Collection Platforms(DCP)and associated satellite <br /> telemetry equipment and upgrading of satellite transmission components. This request is for the <br /> ongoing program to upgrade data collection platforms with high data rate satellite telemetry. <br /> 2. $55,000 for refurbishing existing stream gages as needed to maintain operational reliability of <br /> stream flow data. This request is anticipated to be an annual cost due to deterioration and <br /> projected life expectancy of the physical and mechanical aspects of the stream gages. <br /> 3. $50,000 jointly requested by DWR and CWCB, for flood hardening and high flow measurement <br /> sustainability at stream gages around Colorado. <br /> Introduction <br /> The Division of Water Resources and CWCB, consistent with Section 37-60-121 and Section 37-80-102 <br /> C.R.S., continue to improve the utility of the stream gaging program to support multi-agency and water <br /> • <br />