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<br />3. Definitions
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<br />Acre Foot: The amount of water it would take to cover an acre of land to a depth of I foot,
<br />approximately 325,851 gallons.
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<br />Board: Means the Colorado Water Conservation Board as defined in {i{i37-60-IOI,
<br />103 and 104, C.R.5.
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<br />Board Office: The Colorado Water Conservation Board's office is located at 1313 Sherman
<br />Street, 7th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. The phone number is (303) 866-3441. The facsimile
<br />number is (303) 866-4474. The Board's website is http://www.ewcb.slatc.co.us.
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<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB): A division of the Colorado Department of
<br />Natural Resources, the CWCB was created in 1937 for the purpose of aiding in the protection and
<br />development of waters of the state. The Board.s authority and role is defined in S 37-60-101, et
<br />seq., CRS. The Mission Statement of the CWCB is to conserve, develop, protect, and manage
<br />Colorado's water for present and future generations.
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<br />Covered entity: means each municipality, agency, utility, including any privately owned utility,
<br />or other publicly owned entity with a legal obligation to supply, distribute, or otherwise provide
<br />water at retail to domestic, commercial, industrial, or public facility customers, and that has a
<br />total demand for such customers of two thousand acre-feet or more.
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<br />Office: means the Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning created in section S 37-
<br />60-124.
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<br />Public facility: means any facility operated by an instrument of government for the benefit of the
<br />public, including, but not limited to, a government building, park or other recreational facility,
<br />school, college, university, or other educational institution, highway, hospital, or stadium.
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<br />Retail Water Delivery: means all water sales made by the covered or planning entity except
<br />wholesale water sales which arc made through installments and credit sales and the exchange of
<br />property as well as the sale thereof for money; every such transaction, conditional or otherwise,
<br />for a consideration, constituting a sale; and the sale or furnishing of water.
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<br />Water Conservation: means water use efficiency, wise water use, water transmission and
<br />distribution system efficiency, and supply substitution. The objective of water conservation is a
<br />long-term increase in the productive use of water supply in order to satisfy water supply needs
<br />without compromising desired water services.
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<br />4. Fund Application Process
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<br />a) Eligibility-
<br />A grant application may be submitted by a covered entity, which is defined as any Colorado
<br />municipality, agency, utility, including any privately owned utility, or other publicly owned entity
<br />with a legal obligation to supply, distribute, or otherwise provide water at retail to domestic,
<br />commercial, industrial, or public facility customers, and that has a current or future total annual
<br />demand for such customers of two thousand acre-feet or more. An applicant must demonstrate
<br />that:
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