BOARD02064

• Board Meeting Date: 3/21/2002
• Description: OWC Section - Drought and Water Supply Assessment
• 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 80203
Pho"e: [phone]
FAX: (303) 866,4474
www.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:
FROM:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Larry Lang
Brad Lundahl
March 13, 2002
Agenda Item # 22 -Drought & Water Supply Assessment

GregE. Walcher
Executive Director

DATE:
RE:

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

. Educate Colorado citizens about drought and its impacts and what the CWCB does to help local
communities plan for and mitigate the affects of drought.
. Create interest in the water provider community ~ including municipal, industrial and agricultural
entities - such that a high percentage of the targeted population will participate in the assessment
. Develop and administer a survey that will collect data that is comparable across a wide range of
responses and has a high degree of statistical confidence,

To this end, the project involves public relations; database management; survey development, testing and
administration; and other technical analyses (e,g., evaluation of how other states manage drought, look at
history of drought in Colorado, etc,),

To conclude the presentation, we want to solicit the board's recommendations in three areas:

..

1, Developing a technical advisory group that will be used as a sounding board throughout the proj ect to
review selected project deliverables, concepts and recommendations,
2. Assisting in facilitating communications between the targeted water suppliers and the Assessment
Team.
3, Educate water suppliers why they need to participate in the assessment.

We appreciate your support and will be providing you with more detailed information as the project
proceeds,

Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Financing' Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning