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<br />people, and other private sector individuals that participated, but there were roughly 75 or so <br />systems and about 35 of those were municipalities. And about 40 were type 32, special districts. <br />So that was some input that we got from these workshops that we just wrapped up last Thursday. <br />We had also been activating the e-mail list ofthe Water Utility Council, initially did that at the end <br />of April to gather input for the reconnendations to the Governor. I think folks that are on that <br />fairly extensive emaillist know now where they can direct inquires, ifthey need assistance. We <br />also have 8 field staff in our Department that are based around the state, and we stay in regular <br />contact with them, trying to get input on what municipal plarming and domestic water needs are <br />out there. And thanks for the help for directing inquiries to us. We have heard from a few <br />systems. This thing on the outreach side, for a little bit more, the Colorado World Water <br />Association, which is based down in Pueblo, indicated an interest in putting on a series of drought <br />management workshops this summer, and we hope to work with then and maybe the Water <br />Quality Control Division and maybe the Division of Water Resources can join us in that kind of an <br />effort. I think that they would like to be on a fairly fast schedule to put that together. <br /> <br />Ron - The request for funding that (end of tape 1, start tape 2) <br /> <br />Barry - ... .One of then is connunity development block grant program, intended to serve the <br />needs of low to moderate income populations of the state, there's the federal grant program, there's <br />the energy impact assistance fund, which can provide loans to treated water systems and grants to <br />general water systems. We have really been talking with the Water Conservation Board's loan <br />program and the really appropriateness of that program for funding water development projects <br />and raw water projects. And of course they're limited by statute to only funding those kind of <br />systems, loans from the energy impact project are limited by statute to only treated loan projects. <br />And we have offered assistance to Water Conservation Board to help them with the financial <br />analysis of applications that they might get. We assisted them last October in reviewing a couple <br />of the big loan applications that they had in this year's construction fund bill. <br /> <br />Ron - If it's an emergency request, how does it get handled? <br /> <br />Barry - I think it would be handled. . . well, it would depend on the funding that we had available, <br />so it could be either CWBG or the impact program. It would depend on the best fit for the <br />eligibility. <br /> <br />Rod - Do they have to go through the normal grant cycle" or can you do things outside of the <br />grant cycles? <br /> <br />Barry - We cam do things outside of the grant cycle, and thinking back to the Limon tornado, in <br />1990, there was a great deal ofCWCB money provided by our department for that unexpected <br />event. But I think energy impact funds were used there too. So, we try to make the best fit. One <br />system that is really of particular concern, and has really come directly to us, is a water district in <br />Teller County that is...it sounds like they have a bit of a marginal water supply to begin with, <br />there's something like 325 hones there served by around 23 wells on 4 different distribution <br />systems. And one of those distribution systems has dropped in production, it's served by about 7 <br />to 9 wells, it dropped in production from January of about 90 gpm down to around 17 gpm in <br />April. And what they're plarming to do, they've already done an interconnect with one of the other <br /> <br />35 <br />