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Non-Reimbursable Application-CWCB Construction Fund <br /> Form Revised June 2006 <br /> S <br /> 3. Provide a brief description of your organization below: <br /> State Agency under the The CWCB Intrastate Water Management and Development Section focuses <br /> on helping prepare for and meet Colorado's future water supply needs. The Section undertakes <br /> significant data gathering and monitoring of current and future supply needs and issues. We also <br /> provide financial assistance to help plan and implement water management and water storage projects. <br /> We emphasize technical accuracy, cooperation, and balance in addressing our challenging water supply <br /> needs. <br /> Part B.-Description of the Project or Study <br /> 1. Name of the study or project: Agricultural Water Transfer Methods Grant Program <br /> 2. What is the purpose of this grant application? Check one. <br /> Study <br /> x Demonstration project. <br /> Rehabilitation or <br /> replacement of existing <br /> • <br /> Other(Please describe) <br /> 3. General location of the study or demonstration project. (Please include county, and approximate distance <br /> and direction from the nearest town): <br /> This is a Statewide Project. <br /> 4. Please provide a brief narrative description of the proposed study or demonstration project including <br /> purpose,need, and service area. (Attach scope of study, if available) <br /> This application proposed to continue the funding provided for in Senate Bill (S.B.) 07-122, <br /> Section 18—"South Platte river and Arkansas river basins alternative agriculture water transfer <br /> sustainability grant program"which appropriated $1,500,000 for the CWCB to develop and <br /> implement a competitive grant program to advance various agricultural transfer methods as <br /> alternatives to permanent agricultural dry-up in the South Platte and Arkansas river basins. <br /> This grant program is highly successful and is funding several innovative projects that will <br /> certainly advance the State in the development of tools and methods for sustaining agricultural <br /> through the use of alternative methods to the traditional `buy and dry' of agricultural lands. <br /> 2 <br />