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Non-Reimbursable Application-CWCB Construction Fund <br /> • Form Revised August 2004 <br /> 5. Explain why you are requesting a grant, instead of a loan. (The Construction Fund exists primarily to <br /> provide low interest loans for the construction or rehabilitation of raw water projects. Non- <br /> reimbursable investments are approved only when the project or study is of statewide interest and <br /> benefits a wide range of people and organizations, and/or a large geographical area. <br /> CSAS is non-profit research and education organization, and relies heavily on donations, grants, and <br /> outside fund raising efforts to carry out its mission and specific studies and projects. Staff believes <br /> that a non-reimbursable investment to CSAS for the proposed effort would be for statewide interest <br /> and benefit, and would include a wide range of stakeholders as well as large geographic areas. <br /> Snowmelt runoff within Colorado's stream basins is of keen interest to water providers,water <br /> resource managers, water users, floodplain managers, elected officials, government agencies, interest <br /> groups,and others. The costs of the program are being distributed among the sponsors mentioned in <br /> this application,with other funding sources providing the bulk of the total program costs. <br /> • <br /> 6. List the names and addresses of any technical or legal consultants retained to represent the applicant or <br /> to conduct investigations for the proposed project or study. <br /> Name Address & Phone Number <br /> Chris Landry—Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies, P.O. Box 190, Silverton, CO 81433 <br /> Phone: 970-387-5080 <br /> Tom Painter—University of Utah <br /> Andrew Barrett—National Snow and Ice Data Center <br /> 7 List any feasibility study or scope of work that has been completed or is now in progress for the <br /> proposed project or study. (Submit one copy with this application, if applicable): <br /> Significant investments have already been made in dust-on-snow research and to kick-start the pilot <br /> program by applying that research to the snowmelt forecasting challenges facing Colorado water <br /> managers.Funding partners so far have included the National Science Foundation,water conservation <br /> and water conservancy districts,and the Western Water Assessment/NOAA. CSAS has performed <br /> field work and data collection and produced/distributed numerous dust updates at appropriate intervals <br /> • throughout Water Year '08. The updates provide a warning about anticipated or actual dust deposition <br /> events.CSAS is also undertaking the development of additional monitoring infrastructure and <br /> continues investigations and modeling for the interactions of dust-on-snow, snowpack properties, <br /> weather, terrain, and other variables to analyze cumulative impacts to snowmelt rates and Snow All <br /> Gone(SAG)dates. <br />