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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />':" <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1 31 3 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866~3441 <br />f....X' (3031866-4474 <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />CregE. Walcher <br />ExeCutive Director. DNR <br /> <br />PeterH. Evans <br />Director, CWCB <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members' <br /> <br />William P. Stanton, P.E. V\!~ <br />Chief, Conservation Planning Section <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />November 15, 1999 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item ISh - November 22-23, 1999 Board meeting. <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance - Non-Reimbursable Projects <br />National Energy Foundation - Learning to be WaterWise Resource Action <br />Program <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The staff has received a request for state support of the Learning to be WaterWiseTM <br />Resource Action Program from the National Energy Foundation. The purpose of the proposal is <br />to educate about one third of the state's 54,000 51h grade students, or about 18,000 students, <br />during the 2000/2001 school year (see attached proposal dated November 15, 1999). The total <br />cost of such a program would be $576,000. The state is being asked to considcr providing up to <br />$432,000 on a 75% state and 25% local matching basis. Mr. Dave Munk, National Energy <br />Foundation Program Manager for the State of Colorado, will be at thc Novembcr Board meeting <br />to discuss the proposal and answer questions. under separate cover, each of you were sent <br />materials and a short video about tile program. A Summary Report for Colorado for the 1998- <br />1999 Academic Year will be distributed at the meeting. <br /> <br />Back!!round <br /> <br />The Learning to be WaterWise educational program has been conducted in 30 <br />communities around the state of Colorado for the past five years. In the 1998-1999 academic <br />year, the program reached 6, 172 Colorado households in 20 communities (see attached map). <br />Funding has been provided from a variety of sources on the Federal and local levels. The US <br />Bureau of Reclamation has been involved on the Federal Side, and utility companies, water <br />I <br />