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Water Project Construction Program - Project Data Grantee: Colorado Water Conservation Board and Division of Water Resources Project Name: CWCB Gaging program for Project Type: Stream Gaging monitoring and data collection projects and DWR Satellite Linked Monitoring System County: Statewide Drainage Basin: Water Source: Nt A Statewide Drainage Basins , Total Study Cost: $573,000 , Funding Sources: CWCB Type of Borrower: State Agency Median Household Income: N/ A cwcn Grant: $573,000 Interest Rate: Nt A Term: Nt A This project entails the development and implementiltion of a long-range plan to address the gaging needs of the Colorado Water Conservation ~oard and the Division of Water Resources (DWR), As the state's primary WaleI' planning agency, the CWCB rclies upon gages operated by the DWR, United States Geological Survey (USGS) and private entities in order to meet the needs of its mission critical program areas including Compact Protection, Decision Support System Development, Floodplain Management and Stream ;lnd Lake Protection, However, CWCB gaging needs are often different from those of the DWR and USGS, Although many existing gages provide needed data, the DWR's mission is td administer the state's water rights, while the USGS collects data for long-telm scientific record purposes, As a result, stream gages are not always located where the CWCB needs them, nor alie they necessarily designed to fit CWCB data collection parameters, Implementation of this project will enable the CWCB to strengthen its cooperative efforts with the DWR and USGS to expand, refurbish, redesign and create new gages as well as develop new strategies to obtain data that will not only benefit the CWCB but statewide stakeholder interests, Of the $573,000 requested, approximately $175,000 will be utilized this year for the implementation of specific ~WCB gaging projects including flood hardening of critical USGS gages, low flow monitoijing, the development of new gages and refurbishment of existing gages, ' A key component of this program is the continued, long-term operational viability of the State Satellite Linked Monitoring System, which is admi~istered by the Division of Water Resources, This system, which is comprised of over 300 satellitF gaging stations, requires continued renovation of existing gages, replacement of outdated data collection platforms and upgrades to transmission components, In addition, many eXisti$g gaging stations need to be modified to provide critical stream flow data for flood warning ljnd low flow monitoring. Changes in technology, which will ultimately increase reliability and real time data transmission rates will require the DWR to upgrade the system over a JO year peliod, The costs associated with the continued refurbishment and operational viability of the system are estimated at $398,000 per year. 22 . . .