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. . . Product Produced: The CWCB would hire a contractor to examine the use of gravel pits for water storage and augmentation purposes. Such storage vessels could be used for new storage, to regulate stream flows and for other purposes. The CWCB would work closely with the CGS, the Division of Minerals and Geology and the rock products industry on the study, Water Planning Relationship: The potential exists for gravel pits to the need for more water storage capacity, Studying the available gravel pits and their capacity for retaining water may prove to be an efficient means to effect new storage for the state. Recommendation: Staff gives a low recommendation to this because oflimited funding available and that this proposal may be addressed during the Statewide Water Assessment Study or could be addressed if local entities apply for local planning funds associated with other requests, 5. Colorado River Selenium Monitoring Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: CWCB, Various Amount of Request: $25,000 Ranking: Low Product Produced: The CWCB would hire a contractor to examine the need for monitoring selenium concentrations and loads at various points in the Colorado River Basin and to determine whether existing salinity control projects can control selenium levels, Such a project would help Colorado protect its entitlements to Colorado River Water by reducing the potential for water quality concerns to interfere with future project development. Water Planning Relationship: This study would provide a basis for targeting irrigation improvement projects financed through the salinity control program to areas where selenium concentrations are problematic to local water users and/or excessive selenium loads enter the basin causing problems downstream in the Lower Basin, Recommendation: Staff gives a low recommendation to funding for this study because other sources of funding, primarily federal, may be available since selenium is a concern to all seven of the Colorado River Basin states, 6. Denver Basin Database Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: Colorado Geological Survey Amount of Request: $29,600 Ranking: Low Product Produced: Study involving the collection and analysis of data to develop a unified water quality database for the Denver Basin Bedrock Aquifer System for water users, Phase I will compile, evaluate and assess data, Water Planning Relationship: The Study would provide a central database that local water planners could use relative to water quality, Recommendation: Staff gives a low recommendation to funding for this study because of the limited funding and because the South Platte DSS is being desigued to collect this data, 7. South Platte River AlluviumlDenver Basin Aquifers Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: Colorado Geological Survey Amount of Request: $60,000 Ranking: Low 5