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Non-Reimbursable Project Investment Application-CWCB Construction Fund <br /> Form Revised April 2010 <br /> • <br /> 3. Provide a brief description of your organization below: <br /> The State of Colorado has had a weather modification permitting program since 1972.Authority to administrate <br /> that program has delegation from the DNR-EDO since 1987.At the request of water users in 2004 the CWCB <br /> expanded its program from just permitting and compliance to provide non-reimbursable investments to water <br /> users that sponsor wintertime cloud seeding programs. In addition the 2007 agreements through the Colorado <br /> River Seven Basin States have strengthened the CWCB's ability to provide funding and technical assistance to <br /> local water users. <br /> irPart B.-Description of the Project or Study <br /> 1. Name of the study or project: CWCB Weather Modification Program— Water User Cost Share <br /> Assistance <br /> 2. What is the purpose of this grant application? Check one. <br /> Study <br /> The funding is provided to local water boards and commissions <br /> Demonstration project. and governments that have a primary interest in cloud seeding <br /> Rehabilitation or for snowpack for water supply. Funding is used for grants for <br /> replacement of existing operations,modernizing equipment,and studies and <br /> • <br /> X evaluations. <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 /> There are active wintertime cloud seeding programs in southwestern Colorado,Gunnison Basin,the <br /> Grand Mesa,and the Upper Roaring Fork Basin. Denver Water has renewed their cloud seeding permit <br /> for the central Rocky Mountains that is centered near Green Mountain and Dillon Reservoir. <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 /> The CWCB has had wintertime cloud seeding grants since 2004 at the request of water users. In 2007 <br /> agreements were signed between three Lower Basin States Water Users and the CWCB.A separate but <br /> similar agreement between the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and CWCB has the same <br /> purpose to pursue water augmentation through cloud seeding to benefit snowpack and stream flow for <br /> water management. A CWCB weather modification strategic plan was adopted in May 2008 by CWCB <br /> Members. The focus of the States program and funding is to further develop funding and technical <br /> assistance through:permit monitoring and compliance,grants to operations,modernization of <br /> equipment and methodologies,and studies and evaluations of the effectiveness of cloud seeding. <br /> • <br /> 2 <br />