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<br />c <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />This county has one Designated Floodplain Study affecting one stream reach, In regard to flood mitigation, one study has <br />been requested, The county participates in the National Flood Insurance Program. Cheyenne County is currently working <br />with Kiowa and Lincoln Counties to develop a master plan for the three-county area, <br /> <br />The Office of Water Conservation has planned to assist the county with their water conservation and drought plans, <br /> <br />CLEAR CREEK COUNTY <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and Division of Water Resources (DWR) <br />Peter Evans, CWCB Director Dick Stenzel, Division Engineer <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 721 800 8th Avenue, Suite 321 <br />Denver, CO 80203 Greeley, CO 80631 <br />(303) 866-3441 (970) 352-8712 <br /> <br />Clear Creek County is located in South Platte Basin, which is affected by the South Platte River Compact. The county is <br />covered by the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Platte River Basin and by the U,S. <br />Forest Service Federal Reserved Water Rights Claims for Water Division I (denied), <br /> <br />In this county there are three loans from the CWCB Construction Fund which have been completed for a tO,tal of $920,000, <br /> <br />Water Project Construction Loan Program - Completed Projects by CWCB through FY 1999 <br />Proiect Name Amount Loaned <br />Upper Beaver Brook #3A Dam Spillway & Enlargement $ 600,000 <br />Chicago Creek Res, Outlet Rehabilitation 130,000 <br />Water Rights Purchase - Purchase of Georgetown 190,000 <br /> <br />A $14,444 municipal grant for a pilot demonstration project was awarded through the Office of Water Conservation to the <br />town of Empire for meter installation and conservation education, This project has been completed. <br /> <br />Instream Flow Water Rights appropriated exclusively in this county total 154 miles and 30 stream segments, Staff is <br />currently working on 1998 Instream Flow Appropriations in this county. Note: In reference to Instream Flow Water Rights, <br />information listed above may not be inclusive of all water rights in a given county since a stream segment may start in one <br />county and end in another. <br /> <br />This county has seven Designated Floodplain Studies affecting 17 stream reaches, In regard to Flood Mitigation: three <br />studies have been completed, two are in progress, and one has been requested, The county participates in the National Flood <br />Insurance Program, Clear Creek County received a Project Impact grant award from FEMA in 1999, A Floodplain <br />Insurance Study has been completed in Clear Creek at Georgetown and Silver Plume, and a countywide flood insurance <br />study is in progress <br /> <br />7 <br />