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<br />Product Produced: South Platte Decision Support System (SPDSS) study to characterize the <br />hydrogeologic relationships in order to enhance water administration and resource planning, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Water Planning Relationship: Begin to develop the alluvial relationship between the Denver <br />basin bedrock aquifers for better water use planning and administration. <br /> <br />Recommendation: Staff gives a low recommendation to funding for this study because ofthe limited <br />funding and under the current SPDSS scope; hydrogeologic relationships will begin to be characterized, <br />Additional work may be required once this initial work is completed, <br /> <br />8. Irrigated Acreage Update <br /> <br />Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: CWCB, Rio Grande Basin Water Users <br />Amount of Request: $150,000 Ranking: High <br /> <br />Product Produced: Collect satellite imagery and provide data classification for updating the irrigated <br />acreage data set used in Colorado's Decision Support System (CDSS) for the Rio Grand River Basin for <br />2003. <br /> <br />Water Planning Relationship: Provides water users with irrigated acreage updates to better make <br />water use decisions based on the most currently irrigation use practices in the Rio Grande River Basin, <br /> <br />Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation to funding for this study because the irrigated <br />acreage was last done in 1998 and is at the 5-year refresh cycle. <br /> <br />9. Yampa River Transit Loss/Travel Time Study <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: CWCB, Colorado River Water Conservation District, Upper <br />Yampa Water Conservancy District, US Geological Survey <br />Amonnt of Request: $76,000 Ranking: High <br />Product Produced: Streamflow Transit Loss and Travel time along Willow Creek, the Elk River, and <br />the Yampa River from Steamboat Lake downstream to Craig, Colorado. <br /> <br />Water Planning Relationship: Water users will have a better understanding of transit losses and <br />travel times when releasing water from upstream reservoirs, which potentially will lead to more efficient <br />use of water in the Yampa River Basin, <br /> <br />Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation to funding for this study because streamflow <br />transit loss and travel times are important in water availability for endangered fish as well as other water <br />uses, <br /> <br />10. IS-Mile Reach GainILoss Study <br /> <br />Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: CWCB, Colorado River Water Conservation District, <br />Uncompaghre Valley Water Users Association, US Geological <br />Survey <br />Amount of Request: $76,000 Ranking: Medium <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Product Produced: Understanding the hydrologic reasons for the gaging differences between two <br />critical existing gaging stations, which are used in the administration ofthe Colorado River. <br /> <br />Water Planning Relationship: This understanding will provide water planners as well as water <br />users a better understanding of the hydrologic conditions in the critical reach of the Colorado River. <br /> <br />6 <br />