BOARD01670

• Board Meeting Date: 7/28/2003
• Description: CDP Section - Technical Assistance to Covered Entities
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 802D3
Phone: (303) 866,3441
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Brad Lundahl
July 28, 2003
Agenda Item # 4 - Technical Assistance to Covered Entities

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

Rod Kuhasich
CWCB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Update and Request for Board Action on the Technical Assistance to Covered Entities Proiect

The Conservation and Drought Planning Section's Office of Water Conservation (OW C) undertook a
thorough review and analysis of water conservation planning by covered entities, the role state government
has had in determining the content ofthese plans and participation in planning efforts \ and the current status
of conservation planning in the Western U.S. The following activities were completed as part ofthis project:

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. A summary of the State of Colorado's statutory water conservation requirements;
. A determination, inventory and evaluation of water conservation plans currently on file with the State;
. Identification and mapping of municipal entities with and without conservation plans that provide over
1,000 acre feet of water;
. An evaluation ofthe quality and effectiveness of existing water conservation plans, and
. A determination of the "state of the science" and best management policies and practices in water
conservation planning within other Western States,

Based on the performance of the above activities, a Strategy was developed to guide allocation and
management of state resources to provide technical assistance to covered entities for water conservation plan
development. The Strategy contains multiple elements including:

1. A clear mission statement:
The strategy will guide allocation and management of state resources to provide technical assistance to
covered entities, resulting in a measurable increase in the number and quality of water 'Conservation plans
in place throughout the state,

2, Measurable objectives:
. Increase the number of local entities with CWCB approved plans,
. Improve the nature and breadth of water conservation practices at the local level.

I A Covered Entity is dermed as any entity "with a legal obligation to supply, distribute, or otherwise provide water at retail to
domestic, commercial, industrial, or public facility customers, and which has a total demand fm such customers of two thousand
acre-feet or more [per year]."
Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and FiIlancmg. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning