Finance Committee Meeting 2009

• Board Meeting Date: 9/15/2009
• Description: Finance Sub-Committee Meeting September 15, 2009
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

Non-Reimbursable Application -CWCB Construction Fund
Form Revised January 2009
3. Provide a brief description of your organization below:
The State has had a weather modification permitting program since 1972.Authority to administrate that program
has been delegated from the DNR-EDO to the CWCB since 1987.The CWCB has expanded its program from
permitting and compliance to provide non-reimbursable investments to water users that sponsor wintertime cloud
seeding programs. In 2007 agreements through the Colorado River Seven Basin States have strengthened the
CWCB's ability to provide funding and technical assistance. A strategic plan was adopted in May 2008 allowing
for grants for operations,grants for equipment,studies,and evaluations of operations.
Part B.-Description of the Project or Study
1. Name of the study or project: CWCB Weather Modification Program— Water User Cost Share
Assistance
2. What is the purpose of this grant application? Check one.
Study
The funding is provided to local water boards and commissions
Demonstration project. and counties that have a primary interest in wintertime cloud
Rehabilitation or seeding for water supply. Funding is used for grants for
replacement of existing operations,modernizing equipment, and studies and
X evaluations.
Other(Please describe)
3. General location of the study or demonstration project. (Please include county, and approximate distance
and direction from the nearest town):
There are active wintertime cloud seeding programs in southwestern Colorado(Southwestern CD and
several water users),Gunnison River Basin(Gunnison County& Upper Gunnison River WCD), the
Grand Mesa(Water Enhancement Authority),the Upper Roaring Fork Basin (Colorado Springs
Utilities),and at Winter Park(Ski Resort and Denver Water).
4. Please provide a brief narrative description of the proposed study or demonstration project including
purpose,need,and service area. (Attach scope of study, if available)
The CWCB has had wintertime cloud seeding grants since 2004 at the request of water users. In 2007
agreements were signed between three Lower Basin States Water Users and the CWCB. An agreement
between the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and CWCB has the same purpose, which is to
pursue water augmentation through cloud seeding to benefit snowpack and stream flow for water
management. The focus of the CWCB program is to further develop funding and technical assistance
through: permit monitoring and compliance,tools to monitor and cutail operations in high snowpack
and avalanche periods,grants to operations, modernization of equipment and methodologies, and
studies and evaluations of the effectiveness of cloud seeding.
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