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<br />Water Planning Relationship: This program assists local entities in land-use decision-making and <br />long-term water supply planning by providing detailed groundwater resource information. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Recommendation: Staff gives a medium recommendation to this project because of its importance in <br />local water planning efforts. <br /> <br />3. Groundwater Atlas - Phase II <br /> <br />Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: CWCB, Various, Colorado Geological Survey <br />Amount of Request: $40,000 Ranking: <br /> <br />Medium <br /> <br />Product Produced: The original Groundwater Atlas of Colorado is a large, spiral-bound publication, <br />which has evolved into a GIS-based, web-enabled product. This funding will continue the effort of <br />compiling more detailed data and mapping for a particular aquifer or basin for the purpose of daily water <br />management activities. The focus of this phase of the study will be on the lower Arkansas River alluvial <br />aquifer. <br /> <br />Water Planning Relationship: Dependence on groundwater is increasing. Continuing to update the <br />atlas electronically will allow the CWCB to coordinate the efforts of DWR, other DNR agencies, local <br />groundwater management districts and others to collect information and make it available for local <br />planning. Information will also be useful to mining and energy producing industries. <br /> <br />Recommendation: Staff gives a medium recommendation to funding of this project because of its <br />importance in water planning efforts. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />Irrigation Recharge and Optimization Modeling of Wells in Lost Creek Groundwater <br />Basin <br /> <br />Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: USGS, Various <br />Amount of Request: $50,000 <br /> <br />Ranking: <br /> <br />High <br /> <br />Product Produced: The purpose of this project is to estimate irrigation recharge at four sites in the <br />Lost Creek Designated Groundwater Basin in Weld and Adams Counties. This will be accomplished by <br />installing wick lysimeters at four irrigated sites. The data collected on irrigation recharge will be used to <br />improve model input, and the Groundwater Management Process module for MODFLOW-2000 will be <br />used to simulate optimum pumping rates to prevent undesirable drawdown in the aquifer under different <br />scenarios. <br /> <br />Water Planning Relationship: This study would provide data and simulation results useful to <br />improving beneficial utilization of State waters, as well as a numerical model for use as a water planning <br />tool. Although this study pertains to the South Platte Decision Support System, the methods are <br />transferable to other parts of Colorado that have hydrogeologic conditions similar to the study area. <br /> <br />Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation to funding of this project because of its <br />importance in water planning efforts. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />5. Low-Cost Groundwater Recharge Technologies <br /> <br />Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: Colorado Geological Survey, Various <br />Amount of Request: $20,000 Ranking: <br /> <br />Medium <br /> <br />5 <br />