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Water Project Construction Program—Project Data <br /> Applicant: Division of Water Resources and Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> • Project Name: Satellite-linked Monitoring Project Type: Stream Gaging g <br /> System and Flood Hardening Program <br /> County: Statewide Drainage Basin: Water Source: N/A <br /> Statewide Drainage Basins <br /> Total Study Cost: $350,000 Funding Sources: CWCB <br /> CWCB Investment: Interest Rate: N/A Term: N/A <br /> $350,000 <br /> • <br /> • <br /> This project entails the continued, long-term operational viability of the State Satellite Linked <br /> Monitoring System,which is administered by the Division of Water Resources (DWR). It also <br /> involves the continued implementation of the joint DWR/CWCB Flood Hardening Program. <br /> The Satellite-linked monitoring system,which is comprised of over 450 satellite-gaging stations, <br /> requires continued renovation and flood hardening of existing gages,replacement of outdated <br /> data collection platforms and upgrades to transmission components. In addition,many existing <br /> gaging stations need to be modified to provide critical stream flow data for flood warning and <br /> low flow monitoring. Changes in technology,which will ultimately increase reliability and real <br /> time data transmission rates will require the DWR to continue to upgrade the system in the <br /> future. The costs associated with the continued refurbishment and operational viability of the <br /> system is approximately$300,000 per year. The associated flood hardening cost are $50,000 per <br /> year. <br /> • <br />