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Water Supply Finance and Construction Program — Project Data <br /> • Grantee: Colorado Water Conservation Board County: Statewide <br /> Project Name: Demonstration Projects for Wintertime Weather Modification Programs <br /> Project Type: Cost share grants with water conservancy and conservation districts <br /> Drainage Basin: All River Basins in Colorado Water Source:N/A <br /> Total Project Cost: $20,0000 Funding Source: CWCB Const. Fund <br /> Type of Grantee: State government for Water Conservancy/Conservation Districts <br /> Median Household income: N/A <br /> CWCB Non-Reimbursable Inv.: $20,000 Interest Rate:N/A Term:N/A <br /> SUMMARY <br /> In response to the 1999-2002 drought Colorado water users investing millions of dollars in cloud <br /> seeding programs. Evaluation of these programs in the Denver Water area have shown small <br /> incremental increases in snowpack at relatively low costs per acre-foot to develop. Many of the <br /> sponsoring entities in these programs are water conservation and water conservancy districts. These <br /> sponsoring entities have requested state assistance to cost share in the operational year programs. The <br /> Utah Division of Water Resources revolving loan fund has offered these grants and cost shared with <br /> the water users since 1976. The CWCB staff requests $20,000 for the CWCB construction fund to <br /> create a demonstration project that would divide the funds evenly among the projects that have water <br /> • conservation and conservancy districts as project sponsors. This would be the equivalent of$3,333 to <br /> the San Juan Mountains Program, Upper San Miguel Drainage Program, Gunnison County Program, <br /> the Grand Mesa Program, Upper Gunnison Tributaries Program (proposed for fall-spring 2003-04), <br /> and the Central Rockies Program (Upper Arkansas WCD). This is a one-time grant request to see if <br /> such a program is needed or will be utilized by Colorado water users. The staff requests is due to two <br /> main reasons: multiple benefits to recreation, streams and reservoirs through enhancement snowpack; <br /> and assistance has been requested by water users with these programs. <br /> REM r:r <br /> i <br /> Target Areas <br /> Clevamess <br /> - �BNN!ipeMWW <br /> ' Ttlinidat$mli�aot -r <br /> 1:314°7 'MW <br /> -i6,ers <br /> Project Impact Area <br />