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STATE OF COLORADO <br /> • <br /> Colorado Water Conservation Board Rows <br /> Department of Natural Resources a`.0v.-.C9401,,,, <br /> 1313 Sherman Street,Room 721 ° �/ �z <br /> Denver,Colorado 80203 i*� .j c <br /> Phone:(303)866-3441 Gov`* c 3 �*Jd <br /> Fax:(303)866-4474 + 876.4 <br /> www.cwcb.state.co.us `'t9 3•+ '` <br /> TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members John Hickenlooper <br /> Goverrnn or <br /> Mike King <br /> FROM: Joe Busto <br /> DNR Executive Director <br /> Watershed Protection and Flood Mitigation Section <br /> Jennifer L.Gimbel <br /> . CWCB Director <br /> DATE: September 14, 2012 <br /> SUBJECT: Non-Reimbursable Investment Item #2 <br /> Weather Modification Water User Cost Share Assistance <br /> Introduction and Discussion <br /> The CWCB has administered weather modification grants since 2004. This amount has been set <br /> at$175,000 for the last four years. In 2007,the CWCB signed formal agreements with water <br /> users in downstream states of Arizona,Nevada, and California to provide additional grants and <br /> • technical assistance. The funding has been approximately $1M CWCB and $1M from three of <br /> the downstream states for the last six years. The cost share break down is approximately 60% <br /> local funds with 20% from the CWCB and 20% from the downstream states. This has been a <br /> successful and popular CWCB program that has deployed new cloud seeding equipment for both <br /> cloud seeding and evaluations and has lengthened the time that programs operate each year. <br /> Based on review by the CWCB Director and Staff Section Chiefs,the recommended funding <br /> level for this request was left at$175,000. <br /> Staff Recommendation <br /> Staff recommends that the Board request the General Assembly to authorize $175,000 from the <br /> Construction Fund to be appropriated to the Department of Natural Resources for allocation to <br /> the CWCB Board for grants and technical assistance to water users and their fiscal agents for <br /> locally sponsored wintertime weather modification programs. <br /> • <br /> Water Supply Protection•Watershed Protection&Flood Mitigation•Stream&Lake Protection•Water Supply Planning&Finance <br /> Water Conservation&Drought Planning•Intrastate Water Management&Development <br />