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<br />5. The district is not a party to intergovemmental agreements among cities and other water districts <br />in the basin. <br /> <br />The Lower Ark district was formed in 2002 and includes Bent, Crowley, Otero, Prowers and Pueblo <br />counties. Its goal is to preserve water and keep it within the Arkansas River basin. <br /> <br />SEWCD to Fund Salinity Study: On Dec. 14,2004 the SEWCD agreed to add a $100,000 study of <br />salinity and water tables in the Lower Arkansas River basin to its budget. The study will look at the <br />relationship between salinity and water table levels. <br /> <br />The district's overall budget is approximately $12.6 million and includes $10.82 million for repayments <br />to Reclamation for the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project and $1.78 million for operating expenses. <br /> <br />The board also approved $2.7 million in water activity enterprise budgets, an 8 percent increase. <br /> <br />The funds will go for: <br /> <br />. Excess storage capacity study, $1.27 million. <br />. Lake Pueblo enlargement study, $320,500. <br />. Arkansas Valley Conduit, $155,200. <br />. Water yield recovery, through the intergovernmental agreement, $55,250. <br />. Tamarisk removal, $625,000. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River and San Juan Recovery Programs: Following an extensive and careful review <br />ofthe remaining tasks in the respective work plans for both programs, it has been determined that . <br />approximately $12.5 million is needed to complete the work currently identified in the Upper Colorado <br />River Recovery Implementation Program RIPRAP and that two additional years will be required for <br />project completion. <br /> <br />The programs have suggested that the increase in the program ceiling be paid for entirely with federal <br />dollars and jfthe if the Management and Implementation Committees of the UCRIP agree, will seek <br />authorization in this coming session of Congress. The following is some background that you may need <br />for future decision making: <br /> <br />P.L. 106-392-AUTHORIZATION FOR EXPENDITURES <br /> <br />Public Law 106-392, enacted in 2000, provides authorization for construction activities and ongoing <br />annual operation and maintenance funding for the San Juan and Upper Colorado River recovery <br />programs. Non-federal cost sharing funds are provided by the Upper Basin states, and Colorado River <br />Storage Project power users, and water users. The two programs' capital construction costs were capped <br />at $100 million: $82 million for the Upper Colorado River Program and $18 million for the San Juan <br />Recovery Program. Congress recognized the contributions of $20 million that had been incurred by water <br />and power users as part ofthe Upper Basin authorization. Therefore, the total Upper Basin authorization <br />for construction of facilities is $62 million. The San Juan Program authorization is $18 million. Of the <br />$80 million for construction, $46 million is to be appropriated by Congress, $17 million provided by <br />power users, and $17 million provided the four Upper Basin states (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and <br />Wyoming). The federal share is indexed for inflation based on the consmner price index. Public Law. <br />107-375 amended Public Law. 106-392 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to complete the capital . <br />construction projects by 2008 in both the Upper Colorado Recovery Program and the San Juan Recovery <br />Program. <br /> <br />20 <br />