BOARD00319

• Board Meeting Date: 1/27/1999
• Description: CF Section - Non-Reimbursable Projects and Investigations - El Paso County Water Authority - Water Study
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources

721 Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

STATE OF COLORI\DO

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Bill Owens
Governor

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director, DNR

MEMORANDUM

Peter H. Evans
Acting Director, eWeB

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

William P. Stanton, P.E. vJ(f.
Chief, Project Planning and Construction Section

FROM:

DATE:

January 19, 1999

SUBJECT: .

Agenda Item 16c, January 27-28, 1999 Board Meeting -
Construction Fnnd - Non-ReiJIlbursable Projects and Investigations
El Paso County Water Authority - Water Study

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Introduction

The El Paso County Water Authority hllS requested a $75,000 grant for the completion of
a Water Master Plan. Mr. Phillip J. Voegtle, P.E., the technical consultant to the Authority, will
be at the January meeting to make a presentation and answer questions.

Background

The El Paso County Water Authority collSists of sixteen water districts, municipalities, and
the county. The Authority is governed by a five member board.

In 1997, the Authority hired GMS, Inc. of Colorado Springs to conduct an inventory of
county water purveyors to determine the amount of water each owns and supplies, and their future
needs. This was to be an initial step towards the preparation of an El Paso County Water
Resources Study.

In 1998, the Authority adopted a five year program of technical studies aimed at the
development of a long range, county wide Water Master Plan. The purpose of the plan is "to
develop water resources, systems, and facilities in whole or in part for the benefit of Authority
e members and their inhabitants, and other residents of the county, now and into the future. "

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