BOARD02085

• Board Meeting Date: 3/20/2000
• Description: Division of Wildlife 1999 Annual Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Disaster Declarations.

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY

Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and Division of Water Resources (DWR)
Peter Evans, CWCB Director Steve Witte, Division Engineer
1313 Sherman St., Room 721 310 E. Abriendo, Suite B
Denver, CO 80203 Pueblo, CO 81004
[phone] [phone]

Las Animas County is located in the Arkansas River Basin and is affected by the Arkausas River Compact, the
pending U.S, Forest Service Federal Reserved Water Rights Claims for Water Division 2, and by the operations of
the Trinidad Reservoir Project. The county will be affected by the outcome of the Kansas vs Colorado Compact
litigation.

In this county there are two loans from the CWCB Construction Fund which have been completed for a total of
$665,000.

Water Project Construction Loan Program - Completed Projects by CWCB through FY 1999
Project Name Amount Loaned
Trinidad Water Supply System $ 465,000
Starkville Water Supply System 200,000

This county has also participated with the Office of Water Conservation in creating a water conservation plan,

lnstream Flow Water Rights appropriated exclusively in this county total seven miles and 13 stream segments,

Note: In reference to lnstream Flow Water Rights, information listed above may not be inclusive of all water rights
in a given county since a stream segment may start in one county and end in another.

This county has six Designated Floodplain Studies affecting 23 stream reaches, In regard to Flood Mitigation: one
study has been requested, They also participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, The county received a
Presidential Disaster Declaration in 1999, and was eligible for Public Assistance grants from FEMA,

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