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<br />3. Recreational In-Channel Diversion Support <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: <br />Amount of Request: <br /> <br />CWCB, Various <br />$50,000 <br /> <br />Ranking: <br /> <br />High <br /> <br />Products Produced: The CWCB adopted a policy to ensure that local governments applying for <br />Recreational In-channel Diversion (RICD) water rights meet certain technical criteria. This program <br />will ensure that communities applying for RICD's comply with the Board's policy. This may be done in <br />two manners. First, in instances where communities have not complied with the CWCB's policy, the <br />CWCB may use the funds to get the engineering lItId technical support needed to assure compliance with <br />this policy. Second, if there are instances where a community is willing to abide by the Board's policy, <br />these funds could be made available to these communities to assist them with engineering and technical <br />support needed to comply with the Board's policy. <br /> <br />Water Planning Relationship: Recreational In-channel Diversion water rights affect water <br />planning in many important ways. The CWCB's policy on these rights demonstrates a need to ensure <br />compliance by local communities and to help protect Colorado's compact entitlements, <br />Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation to this project because the fund will help to <br />enhance compliance with CWCB policy and provide financial support to those communities willing to <br />implement it. <br /> <br />Water Conservation Planning Program <br /> <br />I. Water Supply Assessment Follow-Up <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: CWCB, Various <br />Amount of Request: $105,000 <br /> <br />Ranking: High <br /> <br />Product Produced: This project would continue the follow-up activities to the Drought and Water <br />Supply Assessment (DWSA) completed in January 2004. The findings and recommendations of the <br />DWSA concluded that an effective assessment of the impacts of drought on Colorado water users and <br />the evaluation of the needs of Colorado water users is best performed through periodic surveys of those <br />Colorado water users that participated in the original project. This assessment should be performed <br />relative to: water supply, drought and water conservation planning; drought mitigation; and the <br />Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI). Henceforth, the follow-up activities would include: <br /> <br />. The development and administration of an assessment tool; <br />. The collection and evaluation of survey data; and <br />. The preparation and distribution of the reports in a user-friendly format. <br /> <br />In keeping with the Board's position on SWSI, this project would also provide an opportunity to begin <br />to implement portions of SWSI relative to gathering data and tracking those water entities who choose to <br />use water conservation in whole or in part to achieve their 2030 water goals, <br /> <br />Water Planning Relationship: Drought planning and water assessment continues to be an <br />important aspect of water resources management. <br /> <br />Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation to the funding of this project because of its <br />impact on water conservation and drought planning as well as its contribution to attaining the goals of <br />SWSL <br /> <br />13 <br />