BOARD01283

• Board Meeting Date: 9/24/2001
• Description: Flood Section - Added Agenda Item: Drought Planning Survey Carryover Assessment Project
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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From 1990 to 2000, Colorado's population increased by 25 %, from 3.3 million to 4,25 million, In
2010, the population is projected to be 5.1 million with a projected increase to 5,9 million by 2020, In the
30 years from 1990 to 2020, this would amount to a doubling of the state's population. The supply of
water has not doubled to date and is unlikely to double in the next twenty years, Clearly the possibility of
demand outweighing the supply needs to be examined, with particular emphasis on the ability to respond
to severe drought.
In a CWCB report entitled" SurVey of Drought Planning in Colorado, February 2000" many ofthe
responding municipalities and the water conservation districts had not completed any form of formal
drought planning, We hope that by asking them questions again we can form some type of year to year
comparison, (There needs to be special emphasis on the fact that we are not trying to make anyone
look bad but simply trying to identifY those that could use technical assistance in planning and
financing new projects and programs.) In conclusion, this project, when properly planned and executed,
can be helpful for city, state, and federal water management organizations by identifying problems areas
and potential solutions, This project is a vehicle to put a lot of pertinent and useful information in one
place and make it available to the public in a centralized location,

SCOPE OF WORK

III. Project Approach and Understandinl!

The contractor will need to work with the various state, federal and local water mangers, as well as the

Colorado Drought Task Force, to find useful information and guidance that will assure the successful

completion ofthis project, The contractors submittal to the Department of Natural Resources, Colorado

Water Conservation Board "Request for Proposal" (RFP) shall comply with the requirements of the state's

submittal process and performance tasks, The proposal must discuss the contractor team's strategy for

meeting the objectives and tasks for the project. These tasks are:

1. Develop a target list, create a survey, and conduct a survey of Colorado Water Providers and Users;

2, Gather data - the Contractor's proposal must outline a procedure for gathering the requested

information;

3, Perform related research - the contractor's proposal must demonstrate an ability to secure data from

sources that may not be readily available;

4, Analyze and process data - The contractor's proposal must present an approach for securing historical

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