|
<br />.
<br />
<br />e
<br />
<br />e
<br />
<br />the TAC will hold an evening meeting to discuss "the direction and leadership of the restoration project."
<br />CWCB staff will be in attendance to keep informed about the TAC's desires for implementation and to
<br />remain aware of any technical assistance that the TAC might want from the CWCB.
<br />
<br />Upper Willow Creek Watershed Flood Control and Stream Stability Study: The Willow Creek
<br />Reclamation Committee, headquartered in Creede, has received $27,000 in funding for the preparation ofthe
<br />Upper Willow Creek Watershed Flood Control and Stream Stability Study, The purpose of the study is to
<br />characterize the Willow Creek watershed upstream of Creede, to determine the likelihood of flooding that
<br />would exceed the hydraulic capacity of the existing Corps of Engineers flood control flume through the
<br />center of Creede, It will also examine the possibility of debris generated in the upper watershed substantially
<br />altering that hydraulic capacity,
<br />
<br />Of the $27,000, $15,000 is being provided by the CWCB. In November 2001 consultants' proposals to
<br />perform the study were reviewed, The selection committee chose Agro Engineering as the contractor, By
<br />December 2001 the contractor, the Willow Creek Reclamation Committee, and the CWCB project manager
<br />agreed on a final scope of work. Since that time the study contractor has been proceeding with the data
<br />analysis phase ofthe project.
<br />
<br />The study is scheduled for completion during the summer of2002. Once completed, Committee will
<br />identify problems in the upper watershed requiring mitigation, Meanwhile, in a parallel effort not being
<br />funded by the CWCB, the Corps and the Natural Resources Conservation Service are working with the
<br />Committee to develop a plan to rehabilitate or replace the flood control flume,
<br />
<br />Alamosa River Restoration Project: The contract for the CWCB funding share of the Alamosa River
<br />Restoration Project received has been approved. The CWCB is providing $450,000 for design and
<br />construction of river restoration improvements on a five-mile reach of the river in and around Capulin,
<br />
<br />The river was straightened approximately 30 years ago, suffering serious destabilization as a result. Through
<br />a combination of the funding from the CWCB, the Department of Public Health and Environment, and local
<br />funds, the river will be realigned, the water table will be raised, and the riparian corridor's vegetative
<br />condition will be improved,
<br />
<br />The other sources of funding made it possible to begin gathering topographic and basin condition data
<br />needed to perform design work prior to the approval of the CWCB contract. Data gathering will continue
<br />through the spring and summer. Once the necessary data have been gathered and analyzed, preliminary
<br />design will begin.
<br />
<br />RGDSS Status Report: Development of the Rio Grande Decision Support System (RGDSS) is now in the
<br />final stage of a three-year, $4,980,000 effort. Most of the tools and models for RGDSS have been developed
<br />or are nearing completion,
<br />
<br />The Consumptive Use and Water Budget contract is 100 percent complete, Leonard Rice Consulting and
<br />Agro Engineering have provided all deliverables, including the consumptive use model, the water budget
<br />model, and the irrigated acreage coverage, These models and GIS coverages, along with documentation, are
<br />available on the web site for Colorado's Decision Support Systems (cdss,state.co.us),
<br />
<br />Both the Relational System Integration (Riverside Technology) and the Spatial System Integration (HDR
<br />Engineering) contracts are approximately 90 percent complete, Products and documentation from these
<br />contracts are also available on the CDSS web site; these products include databases and data viewing and
<br />manipulating tools from Riverside Technology, and comprehensive GIS coverages from HDR
<br />
<br />The Surface Water contract (Hydrosphere) is approximately 85 percent complete, Monthly surface water
<br />modeling has been completed, and documentation is available on the web site. The major tasks remaining
<br />include completing daily surface water modeling, a planning scenario model application, and incorporation
<br />of revised ground water model results for return flow timing into the surface water model.
<br />
<br />13
<br />
|