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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PILOT DEMONSTRATION GRANTS <br /> <br />Statutory requirements of House Bill 91-1154 <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Municipal Grants <br /> <br />In 1991, the OWC was authorized to expend $500,000 from the Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board (CWCB) Construction Fund, for a pilot program demonstrating the benefits of water <br />efficiency measures by providing incentive grants, not to exceed $50,000, to any public agency that <br />requests assistance in the design and implementation of pilot water efficiency and conservation <br />measures. <br /> <br />The staff of OWC proposed guidelines and criteria to the CWCB members for the range of <br />potentially eligible projects for the pilot program. Within these guidelines, were criteria and <br />feasibility measures to assure that a range of potentially beneficial projects are demonstrated as <br />part of the pilot program. <br /> <br />The OWC reported to the General Assembly in January of 1995 on the results of the pilot program. <br /> <br />The first round of projects, March 1992, approved by the CWCB is outlined in the following <br />spreadsheet, along with the second round of approved projects March 1993. With remaining funds <br />in the grant program, a block grant program was approved by the Board in 1997. The projects <br />were limited to $5,000 per grant. <br /> <br />Agricultural/Multipurpose Grant <br /> <br />In 1994, SB 92-87 authorized $500,000, on a fifty-percent cost sharing basis for agricultural and <br />multipurpose water systems water use efficiency pilot demonstration projects. A maximum of <br />$100,000 was to be awarded for any individual project. The purpose for the grant program was <br />twofold. One purpose to provide seed money for agricultural and multipurpose water system <br />managers and users throughout Colorado to demonstrate water use efficiency measures. A <br />second purpose was to stimulate the development of creative and innovative approaches to water <br />water use efficiency in an area that will enhance management approaches in achieving savings in <br />operational costs. <br /> <br />Both grant programs were designed to provide an opportunity to leam more about water use <br />efficiency and acquire the knowledge regarding ''what works and what doesn't." Each project was <br />site specific. <br /> <br />23 <br />