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<br />.-:: <br /> <br /> <br />. Administering grants for I) the CWCB for a FloodiDocumentation Report and floodplain <br />designations, 2) residential acqnisition program in Otero County, Colorado Springs and <br />Manitou Springs, 3) drainage improvements at Cro~ley and Otero County, 4) floodproofing <br />in Fort Collins, 5) early warning systems in Pueblo County, Fort Collins and Otero County, <br />6) development of a Flood Warning Response Plan in Otero County, and 7) a floodwater lift <br />station at La Junta. <br /> <br />. Projects have been compieted at Crowley (drainage improvements), Otero County (flood <br />warning response plan), Fort Collins (early warninll system improvements), Manitou Springs <br />and Otero County (residential acquisition), and LalJunta (lift station). <br /> <br />Flood Mitigation Assistance Program: Two grants a).e available from the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA) through the CWCB fo~ reducing flood risk in local communities. <br />The Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMAl>) offers grants for developing local Flood <br />Hazard Mitigation Plans and for compieting Flood Mitigation Projects to reduce flood risk in <br />Colorado community. Interested parties should contact Mark Matulik. <br /> <br />CWCB/OEM Spring Severe Weather Preparednes$ Meeting: We held a coordination <br />meeting with the Colorado Office of Emergency Man~gement (OEM) on Mar. 12 to 1) outline <br />each agency's roies in preparedness related to seVere spring/summer weather, and 2) strengthen <br />linkages between agency activities. ' <br /> <br />Arkansas River Ba$in Issues <br /> <br />Ogallala Aquifer Proposal: The Western States Water Council has reported that Kansas is <br />proposing the Congress consider enacting a High Plains Aquifer Conservation and <br />Environmental Preservation Act to help individual w~ter users, local governments and states <br />ensure the High Plains' ground water resources 3l:e pr9perly managed. The High Plains Aquifer <br />consists primarily of the Ogaliala and a few othet Io$ations. With limited surface water <br />resources and relatively little precipitation (and recharge), many areas in the High Plains rely on <br />ground water. South-western Kansas gets 99% of its water from ,the aquifer, and 97% of that <br />water is used for irrigation. An estimated 15 million-acre feet of water is withdrawn each year <br />from the aquifer for irrigation. There are extensive areas in Kansas where the estimated useabie <br />life of the aquifer is 25 years or less. ., <br /> <br />The proposed federal legislation and federal agency 4ctions would promote research, mapping <br />and analysis, ground water conservation, cost sharing assistance, education and extension <br />programs, federal financial incentives to "permanentlY stop irrigating specific tracts ofland" for <br />ground water protection and environmental preservation purposes, assistance to switch to <br />dryiand farming, and other activities in cooperation with states, and within state water law. <br /> <br />Fountain Creek GIS Study: The consultant selected by the Fountain Creek Technical Advisory <br />Committee, URS, has begun the GIS effort. Most of the historic aerial photos from 1955 have <br />been digitized. The 1999 post-flood photos were already prepared in digital form. The photos <br />have been gee-referenced and the important stream features (thalweg, center line, streambanks, <br />floodplain boundaries and other features) are being 4elineated. The project sponsors, URS staff, <br />and CWCB staffare.meeting on Mar 19 to discuss t1ie project. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />. <br />