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<br />ADMINISTRATION <br /> <br />1. Flyers were mailed to over 600 public/private entities for each grant round. <br /> <br /> <br />2. A news release was sent to all newspapers throughout the state. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3. The CWCB approved guidelines, criteria and application-form. <br /> <br />4. Guidelines, criteria and applications were mailed by request. <br /> <br />5. A selection committee was fonned to evaluate and rank each proposal. <br /> <br />6. Meetings were held with each applicant to develop a workplan for their project before <br />contracting. <br /> <br />7. The staff conducts monitoring of grant projects. <br /> <br />8. Projects are required to submit a final report. (On file within OWe) <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />LESSONS LEARNED <br /> <br />~ Project administrators were from diverse backgrounds. Some project administrators not only <br />held full time jobs but had never administered a project or water use efficiency project <br />previously. Those administrators with little or no experience required more OWC technical <br />assistance and monitoring that those projects with an experienced administrator. <br /> <br />~ Many projects lacked baseline data before project development. This hindered the ability to <br />analyze the quantity of water saved during the project. <br /> <br />~ Projects were real life experiences and not controlled scientific experiments. Final reports <br />reflect water savings based on a variety of factors including; climate, monitoring mechanisms <br />baseline data, and a change of project administrators, . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />24 <br />