BOARD02200

• Board Meeting Date: 3/26/2001
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Construction Fund and Severance Tax Trust Fund Operational Account
Non-Reimbursable Investments Status Report
March 2001

Construction Fund Non-Reimbursables - Projects of statewide Impact

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - Animas La-Plata Project
Authorization: SB 89-142 Grant Amount: $5,600,000
Water Source: Animas River Project Type: Reservoir Construction
Location: Immediately south of Durango Project Manager: Bill Green

AJiJ currently proposed, the project consists ofl20,000 acre-feet of storage in Ridges Basin
Reservoir (an off-channel facility) for water to be diverted from the Animas River. Project
beneficiaries include the Southern Ute, Ute Mountain Ute and Navajo Indian tribes as well as the
cities of Durango, Farmington, New Mexico and other communities in southern Colorado and
northern New Mexico. The project is a crucial element in the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights
Settlement Act of 1988. A Final Supplemental Environmental hnpact Statement for the project
was reieased in July 2000. The project received congreSsional authorization in December 2000.

South Platte Lower River GrOUD (SPLRG) - AUl!lllenta~on Proiects
Authorization: sa 96-153 SB 97-008 Grant Amount: $135,000
Water Source: South Platte River Project Type: Grodwtr Agnmtation
Location: Water District 64; South Platte River Project Manager: John Van Sciver

The purpose of this project is to demonstrate how managed ground water systems can be used to
provide augmentation water for junior wells, in compliance with the South Platte River Compact.
Eight demonstration projects were fully or partially funded, and the $135,000 grant amount has
been expended. SPLRG has requested additional funding for a pilot demonstration project,
starting in 2001. Project participants include the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District,
the Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District, Ground Water Appropriators of the South
Platte, the Platte River Project, and the Colorado Division of Wildlife.

South Platte Lower River Groun (SPLRG) - Tamarack Proiect
Authorization: SB 97-008 Orant Amount; $240,000
Water Source: South Platte River Project Type: Augmentation Project
Location: Water bistrict 64; South Platte River Project Manager: John Van Sciver

This project consists of a serj.es of managed groundwater subprojects located within the
Tamarack Ranch State Wildlife area, the Pony Express State Wildlife area, and other areas
adjacent to the South Platte River in Logan and Sedgwick Counties. The purpose is to pump
water frorn the South Platte River during times of:surplus and deliver this water to infiltration
areas. Water then percolates back to the river and provides augmentation during times of
shortage. Seven wells have been completed to date,i and funding will be fully expended by 2001.
Project participants inciude the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, the Lower South

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