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<br />STATE OF COLORl\DO <br /> <br />OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER <br />Division of \Yater Resources <br />Department of Natura! Resources <br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone (3D3) 866-3581 <br />FAX (303) 866-3589 <br /> <br />February 15, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />w\v\v. water.state.co. us <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />The Honorable Bill Owens <br />Governor, State of Colorado <br />State Capitol Building <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Hal D. Simpson, RE. <br />State Engineer <br />The Honorable Joan Fitz-Gerald <br />President, Colorado State Senate <br />State Capitol Building <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />The Honorable Andrew Romanoff <br />Speaker of the House <br />Colorado House of Representatives <br />State Capitol Building <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Dear Governor, President and Speaker: <br /> <br />In accordance with Section 37-87-114.4, C.R.S. (2003 Supp.), I am please to submit <br />this report covering the activities of the State Engineer on dam safety in Colorado for Fiscal <br />Year 2003-2004. <br /> <br />Colorado's Dam Safety Program strives to provide the citizens of Colorado with <br />responsible protection from failures of dams. We continue to improve our program by taking <br />advantage of the research and training provisions of The National Dam Safety Program Act <br />of 1996, as well as the assistance offered by matching grants to the states. <br /> <br />The Dam Safety Program achieved a great number of goals and objectives this past <br />fiscal year in the design review and inspection of dams for the determination of safe water <br />storage levels. Although we experienced a number of incidents at dams this year, including <br />sinkholes due to piping failures, serious seepage, cracking, and slope stability failures, <br />because of our program, these incidents resulted in reduced consequences with no loss of <br />life or significant property damage. The owners responded with emergency actions to <br />prevent the failures of the dams. Our dam safety personnel also responded in a timely <br />manner to assure appropriate actions were being followed to protect the public safety. <br /> <br />We continue to implement the use of risk-based techniques to help evaluate and <br />prioritize the jurisdictional dams in Colorado in order to more efficiently and effectively use the <br />program resources. <br /> <br />