BOARD02064

• Board Meeting Date: 3/21/2002
• Description: OWC Section - Drought and Water Supply Assessment
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Section 4
Project Approach (RFP Section 4.6)

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o Identify carryover storage availableaf~r Water Year 2000 and typical carryover
storage targeted and achieved
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o Identify participation in any interrupti?lesupply arrangements and willingness to
participate in future arrangements (particularly with respect to such initiatives as the
Arkansas River Pilot Water Banking Act)

o Anticipated problems with respect to future droughts

o Projected timeIines (planning horizonsi drought frequencies)

o Historic growth, water use/ consum.p~on, water treatment plant and delivery
capacities

o Drought planning status: what have friey done, what are they doing now, what are
their future plans with respect to drought planning?

The Bouvette Consulting Team of analysts will work with sel~t State entities and the Advisory
Committee to design the survey instrument and rating system(s) to be used in the study. We
believe that good questionnaire design begins with effective communication. Therefore, we will
initiate discussions with all relevant stakeholde~s in order to fully and specifically define the
information being sought. This may include thelAdvisory Committee, CWCB, the Department
of Natural Resources, the Office of. the State Engineer, the Office of Emergency Management,
the Colorado Drought Task Force, and any other party that can contribute to the'success of the
project. '

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We believe that it will be advisable to pold at least one stakeholder-type meeting with
representatives of all relevant parties as specified above early on in the project. At this time,
project objectives and goals will be reviewed and clearly defined. Obstacles will be identified
and addressed. The work product of this meetirig will then be incorporated into an initial draft
of the instrument. .

The subsequent process leading to a final a.pproved questionnaire will include the following
steps:

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o Propose the points of response to be qsed in creating the rating scale(s).
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o Present an initial draft of the instrum~nt for critique by all relevant parties.
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o Proceed with revisions of the initial cti-aft and continJl:ed discussion until appropriate
parties are cOnUortable with the content and rating scales of the final iIistrument.

o Program the instrument into our computer aided telephone interview (CATI)
system, verifying skip patterns and data reliability. '

o Conduct mock surveys to test the flow and ease of understanding by respondents as
well as the administrative efficiency. !
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With respect to the actual development of que~tions, our Team encourages the use of "closed- .
ended" questions where the respondent chooses among categories instead of "open-ended'"
questions where the respondent crafts his/her own response. This avoids the unwieldy
management of different terms used by respondents for the same idea, thus improving accuracy

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