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<br />. , <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Revised Draft <br />7/17/2001 <br /> <br />OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE <br /> <br />Operations and maintenance is important for any decision support system to ensure continued <br />use and applicability of the decision support system. Adequate operations and maintenance of <br />the SPDSS will benefit both the State and water users by helping to ensure up-to-date databases <br />and components which are applicable to resolution of future problems. Operation and <br />maintenance costs for the SPDSS have been estimated for: (I) the period during SPDSS <br />development and (2) the post-development period. Estimated operation and maintenance costs <br />required during system development are included in the project costs outlined above. <br /> <br />The estimated operation and maintenance costs associated with the recommended Alternative 2 <br />level of SPDSS after implementation is completed include a mixture of contract labor and four <br />full-time employees (FTEs) of the State of Colorado at an approximate cost of $485,000 per <br />year. The required full-time employees include: <br /> <br />. One hydrographer to maintain the seven new stream gages constructed under SPDSS. <br /> <br />· One water resource modeler to maintain and apply the consumptive use, water budget, <br />groundwater and surface water models. In addition this employee will be responsible for <br />conducting annual training sessions on key components of the system. <br /> <br />. One GIS and water resource modeling expert responsible for updating the irrigated <br />acreage data at a five-year frequency and assisting in the maintenance and application of <br />the consumptive use, water budget, groundwater and surface water models, <br /> <br />. One FTE responsible for (I) managing the observation and publication of the new <br />groundwater level monitoring stations, and (2) maintaining the Colorado Water <br />Administration Tool, database, network, personal computers and web site. <br /> <br />The existing operation and maintenance (O&M) programs associated with the Colorado and Rio <br />Grande decision support systems have been requested as a standard line item of the long bill <br />from the general fund. However, a legislative subcommittee has directed the operation and <br />maintenance of the existing DSS programs be paid approximately SO percent from the general <br />fund and 50 percent from the CWCB construction fund. A request to fund 100 percent of the <br />SPDSS O&M costs from the general fund is expected to occur after development is complete. <br />How the legislative subcommittee will process that request cannot be predicted at this time. <br /> <br />p:\data\gen\spdss\drafts for core group submittal\exec_summary_draft.doc <br />July 17,2001 <br /> <br />E-9 <br />