BOARD01202

• Board Meeting Date: 3/21/2002
• Description: Flood Section - US Army Corps of Engineers Budget and Project Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natura! Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Larry Lang, P.E. Chief, Flood Protection Section ~ J;. in....
March 13, 2002
Agenda Item 23.a March 21-22, 2002 Board Meeting-
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Budget and Project Report

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

Rod Kuharich
eWeB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Introduction

The State of Colorado has enjoyed the benefits of many cooperative planning/engineering studies
and constructed flood control projects over the past fifty years with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. Four Corps District Offices administrate the Corps presence in Colorado: 1) Omaha,
2) Albuquerque, 3) Sacramento, and 4) Kansas City. The Corps' first flood study was located in
Weld County, Colorado in 1939 and their first flood control project was the Creede, Colorado
flood channel in that was constructed in 1949. Subsequent to these two Corps activities, many
Colorado communities have received federal flood control dollars through the Corps programs
studies, and projects.

The Corps' annual project review meeting was hosted by DNR and CWCB staffs on February 25
and 26, 2002 in Denver, Colorado. The Deputy District Engineers for the Corps' Programs and
Project Management group provided the State with presentations and project updates regarding
the Corps' FY 02 and FY 03 activities and budgets.

Corp of Enl!ineers Prol!ram and Proiect Activities

General Investigations:
. Chatfield Reservoir Storage Reallocation Feasibility Study for the Denver Metro Area.
. Fountain Creek and Tributaries, Colorado Feasibility Study for El Paso and Pueblo, County.
. Rio Grande Basin, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas (Section 729 Feasibility Watershed
Study for the Upper Rio Grande Basin.
. South Platte River central Denver reach Reconstruction Engineering and Design at Denver,
Colorado.
. Cache la Poudre River Reconnaissance Study for Greeley, Colorado
2002).

(Requested in 2001 and
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Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning