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<br />l:.' <br /> <br />, . <br />, , <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />149 <br /> <br />Product Produced: A collaborative operational system to monitor and protect instream flow <br />water rights by appropriate administration within the priority system. Staff from both agencies <br />will work together to import the existing ISF water rights database into the Hydrobase <br />information management system. Geographic Information System (GIS) technology will then be <br />employed to represent the extent, location, and magnitude of the instream flow water rights in <br />context with other significant physical features. Water cominissioners will use this information <br />and periodically quantifY the amount of streamflow in the decreed stream reaches and document <br />the observations to produce an annual diversion record for instream flow rights. Administration <br />of the ISFs will be performed within the current daily water management practice of the water <br />commissioners. <br /> <br />Water planning relationship: Upon receipt of an adjudicated water right, the CWCB retains the <br />authority to seek protection of its water rights within the Doctrine of Prior Appropriation. Due to <br />the coincident deployment ofDWR staff throughout the state and the often remote and diverse <br />location of instream flow water rights, the CWCB and DWR will work on this collaborative <br />operations system which will eventually provide a greater amount of real-time physical <br />protection for instream flow rights throughout the state. <br /> <br />5. Acquisition of Water Rights for Instream Flow Needs <br /> <br />Grantee/Contractor: CWCB <br /> <br />Amou,nt of Request: $75,000 <br /> <br />Product Produced: Long-term, low cost leases or deeds for senior water rights. The CWCB <br />would hold these leases or deeds to preserve the water-dependent natural environment. CRS 37- <br />92-102(3) recognizes the "need to correlate the activities of mankind with some reasonable <br />preservation of the natural environment" and directs the CWCB to appropriate or acquire water <br />for instream flows. In certain developed areas of the state, water availability prohibits new <br />instream flow appropriations and therefore, limits the CWCB's ability to preserve the <br />environment. Acquisition or lease of senior water rights is the only option available to the <br />CWCB to provide instream flow protection for these streams. <br /> <br />Water Planning Relationship: This project will assist the CWCB in accomplishing its statutory <br />duty and ensure that critical streams in the state are afforded the necessary flow protection, <br /> <br />Water Conservation Planning Program <br /> <br />1. Drought Planning <br /> <br />Grantee/Contractor: CWCB <br /> <br />Amount of Request: $50,000 <br /> <br />Product Produced: These funds will be used to implement strategies identified from the <br />$350,000 CWCB Drought Planning Survey. That survey is scheduled for completion in <br />September 2002. Ideally, the funds will help local water planners identifY appropriate drought <br />preparation scenarios. <br /> <br />Water Planning relationship: Only about 22% of Colorado municipalities surveyed by the <br />CWCB in 1999 had a drought response plan, and only about 4% had done any serious risk based <br />drought assessment. The products will fill a critical planning need oflocal government water <br />providers. <br />