BOARD01941

• Board Meeting Date: 11/25/2002
• Description: Technical Assistance to Covered Entities
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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each basin have indicated that the drought most dramatic~lly impacts the smaller water supplies that do ,
not have or cannot afford storage. To this point, the CWCB is strongly considering lowering the state's
criteria for inclusion of covered entities to 1,000 acre-feet per year. It is estimated that this may increase -
the number of covered entities to over 1,000. -

At the CWCB's request, Bouvette Consulting prepared a scope of work for the project for
consideration by the Finance Subcommittee, which is attached. The scope indicates that providing
appropriate assistance to those covered entities that need,the state's aide, and deciding which covered
entities are of the highest priority will require a multi-phase project. The first phase would involve
conducting a review of the plans currently on file with t~e CWCB, and evaluating them against the
current "state ofthe science" utilized in other water shoJi states to develop and implement water
conservation plans. The next step would involve mapping the covered entities with and without plans, to
identify preliminarily which covered entities may be of high priority - given basic criteria such as the type
of water supply, population and water demand growth potential, and recent experiences with water
shortages.

Next, a strategy for implementing the technical a$sistance and outreach program would be
developed to identify how technical assistance would be ~rovided - balancing workshops and distribution
of technical educational material with hands-on technical assistance based upon the available state
resources. Technical assistance would be provided to those identified high priority entities first, then to
others requesting assistance. Assistance would typically be provided using telephone conference calls,
guidance documents, and technical reviews of produced documents.

Recommendation (written as proposed statut~ry language)

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SECTION _' Technical Assistance to Covere~ Entities.

(1) The Colorado. water conservation board is authorized to expend up to two hundred ninety five
thousand dollars ($295,000) from the Colorado water copservation board construction fund to conduct the
technical assistance to covered entities. .

(2) Unexpended funds shall revert to the constru<;tion fund on June 30, 2005 or upon the action of
the board, whichever event takes place first.

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Colorado Water Cons~ation Board
Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning