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c o L o Colorado Water Conservation Board Last Updated: June 2020 Location of • - Please provide the general county and coordinates of the proposed project below in decimal degrees. The Applicant shall also provide, in Exhibit C, a site map if applicable. County/Counties Larimer Latitude 40.5542 Longitude -105.0031 ProjectWater Overview Please provide a summary of the proposed water project (200 words or less). Include a description of the project and what the CWP Grant funding will be used for specifically(e.g.,studies, permitting process, construction). Provide a description of the water supply source to be utilized or the water body affected by the project, where applicable. Include details such as acres under irrigation, types of crops irrigated, number of residential and commercial taps, length of ditch improvements, length of pipe installed, and area of habitat improvements, where applicable. If this project addresses multiple purposes or spans multiple basins, please explain. The Applicant shall also provide, in Exhibit A, a detailed Statement of Work, Budget, Other Funding Sources/Amounts and Schedule. CWP Grant funding will support the development of hydraulic infrastructure at the Irrigation Innovation Consortium (IIC) Headquarters (HQ) located in Fort Collins, CO. The IIC HQ serves as an irrigation technology center within Colorado State University with the intention of fostering private-public partnerships for furthering advancements in irrigation research, education, training and certification, and extension in CO, the U.S., and across the globe. The IIC farm includes 35 acres of surface irrigation from multiple sources: i) a 450 gpm Coffin well, ii) Sand Dike Lateral Co. water shares, iii) Lake Canal Co. water shares, and iv) Colorado-Big Thompson (CBT) shares. The total irrigation water from these sources is approximately 120 acre-ft per year. The in-farm irrigation ditch length is 2900 feet. IIC HQ designs for cutting-edge and efficient irrigation systems and demonstration/training facilities are a result of a previous study funded by CWCB in 2016. In line with those designs, this proposed project will install the following: booster pump and irrigation mainline (-2,500 feet); sprinkler system for a grass reference evapotranspiration (ETo) plot; mainline and concrete pad for a variable rate irrigation center pivot; automated head gate and turnout gate in the Sand Dike canal; and a mainline and manifold for a 7-acre drip irrigation system. CWP Grant Application 14