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own COLORADO <br /> �~�� �� Colorado Water <br /> = Conservation Board <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> Memorandum <br /> To: Tom Browning, Deputy Director <br /> -`y�0 <br /> 0 <br /> ^ -- ^~ <br /> From: Becky Mitchell « ~ <br /> Kevin Reidy Et Ben Wade <br /> Water Supply Planning <br /> Date: October 27, 3015 <br /> Subject: Water Efficiency Grant Fund Recommendation for the Southeastern Colorado Water <br /> Conservancy District <br /> Recommendation: <br /> The Water Supply Planning staff recommends that Tom Browning, Deputy Director, <br /> approve a Water Efficiency Grant to develop three local Water Efficiency Plans and <br /> perform 16 AWWA M36 system-wide audits throughout the Arkansas Basin in the <br /> amount of $49,889 for the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District <br /> (SECWCD). <br /> Summary of Grant Application <br /> The SECWCD is proposing to support the development of three local water efficiency <br /> plans as well as performing 16 system-wide AWWA M36 water audits. Sixteen is <br /> approximately one third of the combined participants in the Arkansas Valley Conduit. <br /> SECWCD has a goal to conduct these water audits for all of the 47 water providing <br /> project participants every three years. <br /> By 2030, SECWCD estimates the participants in the Regional Water Efficiency Plan will <br /> reduce water loss from an average of 14% to 10% of total water production. <br /> The total cost of the project is $135,495' SECWCD is committing 80Y& matching funds in <br /> the form of $42,348 of in-kind services and $33,259 in cash. CWCB staff has reviewed <br /> and evaluated the grant application and has determined that the proposal meets or <br /> exceeds the CWCB guidelines for reviewing grant proposals. Attached is the internal <br /> checklist used to evaluate the application. <br /> Attachment: Evaluation Checklist <br />