PUB00134

• Year: 1998
• Title: Construction Fund Annual Report 1998
• CWCB Section: Finance
• Author: CWCB
• Description: Construction Fund Annual Report 1998
• Publications - Doc Type: CF Annual Report

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5.0 Studies and Investigations

From time to time over the years. the Board has recommended, and the General Assembly has
approved. lhe use of the Construction Fund to support a numherofnon-reimbursabJe (grant) studies,
investigations. and projects. In FY 98. the Board recommended 7 non-reimbursable studies and
projects totaling 52.57 million. These gram recommendations. which were incorporated into HB
98-1189 and passed by the General Assembly, are listed in the table below.

TABLE 14
Colorado '''ater Consen"ation Board
1998 Grant Recommendatiom

Grantee ~ Project Count)! Amount
eWeB and Stale Engineer. basinwide 2,000,000
Rio Grande Decision Support Sy<;tem 031:1 CollectIon & Design
Stat<= Engineer- statewide 120,000
Sale-line :\Ionitonng System ~1.L.:nance Continuation
Sl.:lte Engineer. basinwide 75,000
Arkansas River Wc:1J Measurement Program Continuation
CWCB- Douglas 200,000
Chatfic:1d Reservoir RealJoc:ttion Feasibility Study Increase
CWCB- basinwide 56,000
South Plane River Multi-Objective Floodplain Management Plan Continuation
ewes- Routt 30.000
lower Elk River Floodplain Management Pl:ln
Denver Museum of Natural HlstoryIU.S. GeologH:al Survey. Den'...erBasin 90,000
Geo-Hydrolog.ic InvestigJtion of the Denver Basin Aquifers
TOlal $2.571.000

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5.1 Rio Grande Decision Support Syslem Data Collection and Design

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l 'eI" t::e guida~ce of a technic. . advisory committee (T AC), a feasibilit}, study for a Rio
Grande Decision Support System (RGDSS) was completed and presented to the Board at its January
1998 meeting. The project was estimated to cost up to 55.0 mil1ion over 3 years including S3.5
million for data collection and S 1.5 million for design. Based upon the recommendation of the T AC,
the CWCB recommended an appropriation of up to 52.000,000 during FY98-99 to the Division of
\Vater Resources and the CWCB to collect data. manage the design of the system. develop the
necessary databases. models. and user tools, and to acquire, operate, and maintain the associated
hardware and software. The C\VCB and Di';sion of Water Resources \\;11 continue to rely upon the
T AC for ad\'ice.

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