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

supply sources and water users profiles in the state, By asking questions and reviewing summary reports
and information from reservoir operators and water providers the contractor will be able to:
. identify those providers with excess capacity or shortages;
. capture location, capacity and limitations of storage facilities;
. capture reserve and/or carryover capacity of storage facilities;
. identify who may be willing to assist others and assess impacted organizations in times of drought;
and
. determine where the various water supply sources are located and in what quantities,

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Task 4: The uroiect will reuort on water use limitations and uriorities and identifv uotential areas
that mav have additional storaee or transfer cauabilitv.
The contractor will compile information from the Colorado Division of Water Resources, Bureau of
Reclamation, local municipalities and Army Corps of Engineers about storage facilities that are under
restricted storage directives, The contractor will compile information about the priority of water rights on
the major streams in a river basin and estimate their water yield for the year 2000,
The survey will:
· capture data such as water rights priorities;
. determine reserve or carryover capacity ofthe providers;
. evaluate if the providers have water users who could utilize interruptible supply arrangements;
. illustrate what problems might face Colorado water users within the next ten to fifteen years based on
the survey results and population projections; and
. solicit comments on existing or proposed regulations and environmental compliance issues,

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Task 5: The uroiect will summarize the eeneral state of droul!ht ureuaredness and mitieation
ulannine to show the urovider's cauabilitv of dealine with a snstained droueht.
The contractor's report will:
. give a brief definition and summarize all Western D,S. methodologies for conservation and
mitigation of drought;
. identify and promote best drought management practices and incorporate references in the report and
make all the data available to the CWCB to construct pages to be added to its website;
. determine the estimated sustained drought reserve capacity of water providers and the effectiveness of
their existing contingency plans; e

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