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<br />CWCB - Water Proiect Feasibility Studies <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The CWCB provides low interest loans from the CWCB Construction and the Severance Tax <br />Perpetual Base Account to water users in the development of water resource projects. The types of <br />projects which are eligible for funding include construction of new reservoirs, enlargement of <br />existing reservoirs, rehabilitation of restricted dams, construction or rehabilitation of diversion <br />structures, pipelines, pump stations, canals, ditches, and other raw water delivery infrastructure. <br />Applications for Construction Fund loans are due by August 31 of each year. A feasibility study is <br />required for each project and should be submitted with the application. Many of the smaller water <br />users do not have the financial, administrative, or technical resources to conduct such a study. But <br />such a study is necessary to identify technically and financially feasible water projects for <br />recommendation to the General Assembly for funding through the annual Construction Fund bill. <br />A total of $40,000 is requested for approximately 8 feasibility studies based on a CWCB cost <br />sharing of up to $5,000 for each study. The amounts and actual studies to be funded cannot be <br />determined this early in the process. <br /> <br />CWCB - Stream Gaging Stations <br /> <br />Cut backs in some federal programs have resulted in the discontinuation of some existing stream <br />gages in Colorado. Continuation of these gages and additional stream gage data are needed to <br />improve decisions to protect.Colorado's interstate compact entitlement, to help improve instream . <br />flow monitoring, and to improve flood forecasting and response. The CWCB has estimated $40,000 <br />is needed to continue to maintain and install additional stream gage stations to monitor stream flow <br />at selected locations statewide. The CWCB plans to install 6 to 8 stream gaging stations linked to <br />the state's satellite monitoring network. A long-term maintenance agreement for each gage will be <br />worked out with a local water user or organization. The stream flow gages will continue collection <br />of long-term flow records to enhance stream flow databases in the Colorado River Decision Support <br />System, to determine if the minimum flows are being achieved, and to develop reliable flood <br />frequency-discharge relationships. A list of proposed stream gages is being developed, and a way <br />to prioritize the sites is being discussed. Installation would likely occur in the fall of 1999. <br /> <br />CWCB - Floodplain Aerial Photographv <br /> <br />The CWCB has a responsibility to obtain basic flood information and the prevention of <br />flood losses. Flood prone areas have been identified in 268 cities and towns and in all of the 63 <br />counties in Colorado. As many as 250,000 people are estimated to reside in Colorado's 100-year <br />floodplains, with property valued at more than SII billion. Between 10 and 15 major floods <br />occur each year somewhere in Colorado. During a flood emergency, the Colorado Department <br />of Natural Resources through the CWCB, is required to have the capability to obtain aerial <br />photography for potential mapping of the damaged area, but no funds have been specifically set <br />aside for this purpose. Real time flood mapping is very important in making preliminary . <br />estimates of flood damages, and is valuable in formulating effective flood hazard mitigation _ <br />plans. In addition to documentation of major floods, the photographs can be used by other State <br /> <br />4 <br />