BOARD02325

• Board Meeting Date: 3/22/2005
• Description: CF Section - Severance Tax Trust Fund Operational Account Recommendations
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Product Produced: An inventory of irrigation diversion structures in the Rio Grande River Basin.
The inventory would include type, size, and condition of each structure, together with photo
documentation, location, owner's name and address, water rights, and replacement/repair cost estimate.

Water Planning Relationship: The inventory would be used to identify problems and market .
loans to irrigators to make needed infrastructure improvements to improve water efficiency and
economic profitability.

Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation for the funding of this study because it will
accomplish the reconnaissance level work necessary to demonstrate the need for facility improvements
and rehabilitation.

2. De Beque Water Intake and Water Supply Study

Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractors: Town of De Beque, RG Consulting Engineers
Amount of Request: $120,000 Ranking: Low

Product Produced: The study wiJI determine what steps wiJI be needed to protect the intake of water
from poIlution caused by the heavy traffic from additional energy development north of De Beque and
to repair the delivery system for adequate supplies of water. The area wilI include 30 Miles around the
Town of De Beque where the effects of energy development are causing heavy truck traffic and the
related pollution, which drains into the Colorado River above the water intake for the Town of De
Beque.

Water Planning Relationship: With the growth of the town and the increase in contamination to
the water supply, the future water plan of this community needs to be strategized to ensure that the needs .
of water usage are met and the quality of the water is maintained.

Recommendation: Staff gives a low recommendation for the funding of this study because of the
limited funding available and that the water quality issues are beyond the scope of CWCB programs.

3. SWSI IPP Cost Evaluation Study

Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractors: CWCB, Various
Amount of Request: $50,000

Ranking:

Medium

Product Produced: In 2004, the CWCB delivered the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI)
Report to the General Assembly. The report found that financial assistance to implement water supply
plans was a major obstacle to meeting the state's future water needs. However, there is no sound basis
for projecting the financial needs of entities trying to provide water out to the year 2030 as
recommended by SWSL

This study would begin to determine the need for funds to implement water supply plans out to the year
2030 in accordance with the identified projects and processes (IPP) of SWSI.

Water Planning Relationship: SWSI is the forum by which statewide water planning of existing
water supplies and future water supplies and needs can be projected and hopefuIly met. This study
would begin the process of projecting those needs into the future so that plans can be initiated.

Recommendation: Staff gives a medium recommendation for the funding of this study because of its
importance to water planning efforts.

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