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<br />I <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />B <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Drought Planning Survey/Carry-over Storage Assessment <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />July 2001 <br /> <br />I. Introduction <br />This project will provide Colorado Water Users and Providers with information about drought <br />preparedness and future options to enhance preparedness for drought. The information will be developed <br />through a survey of Colorado Water Users and Providers and through accumulating and summarizing <br />relevant information, For instance, the project will want to use studies (I.E, "Historical Dry and Wet <br />Periods in Colorado" McKee, Doesken, Kleist. Climatology Report No, 99-lB) and other reports to <br />summarize previous Colorado water shortages, The project will identity the amounts of carryover storage <br />throughout the state, The CWCB defines carryover storage as that amount of water left over in a reservoir <br />from the water calendar year (October through the following September that is available for use in the <br />next year, The survey will also identity entities that had excess water in the dry summer of 2000 that may <br />or may not want to assist those without such capacity, In addition, this project will assist the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and others in planning for the provision of financial and technical <br />assistance to the water community, This project will help Colorado water entities with wise use, <br />conservation techniques, exchange potential and development for storage and delivery systems, <br />The CWCB will engage the services of a professional contractor to complete the project. The <br />contractor will carry out the six tasks described in the Scope of Work and Performance Tasks. Briefly <br />described, they are: I) develop a survey; 2) conduct the survey; 3) identity locations and quantities of <br />available water; 4) analyze and describe limitations and priorities for water use and opportunities for <br />additional storage oftransfer capability; 5) describe the current state of drought preparedness; and 6) <br />briefly report on wet and dry cycles over the past 300 years in Colorado, The successful completion of <br />these tasks will require a ninety percent response rate to the Colorado Water Users Survey from the target <br />survey list. <br /> <br />1 <br />