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COLORADO <br />Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 718 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Memorandum <br />c <br />To: Rebecca Mitchell, Water Supply Planning Section Chief <br />From: Kevin Reidy Et Ben Wade <br />Water Supply Planning <br />Date: March 3, 2017 <br />Subject: Water Efficiency Grant Fund Recommendation for the Eagle River Water Et Sanitation <br />District <br />Recommendation: <br />The Water Supply Planning staff recommends that Rebecca Mitchell, Section Chief, <br />approve a Water Efficiency Grant to update a Water Efficiency Plan in the amount of <br />$49,990 for the Eagle River Water Et Sanitation District (ERWSD). <br />Summary of Grant Application <br />The ERWSD is a covered entity in the Colorado River Basin that shares infrastructure <br />and administrative resources with another covered entity, the Upper Eagle Regional <br />Water Authority (UERWA). ERWSD is collaborating with UERWA to update their Water <br />Efficiency Plan, approved in June 2012, and develop the first Water Efficiency Plan for <br />Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority. <br />Both entities expect to experience significant population growth over the next two <br />decades growing 0.4% per year. If the Plans are fully implemented, ERWSD estimates <br />it can save up to 240 acre feet per year. UERWA estimates it can save up to 440 acre <br />feet per year. <br />The total cost of the project is $67,260. ERWSD is committing 25% matching funds in <br />the form of $12,320 of in-kind services and $4,950 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 />