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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Shennan Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us <br /> <br />...~'COl'lS~fu. <br /> <br />(;)' .....- <br />~ - ~ <br />o -" 0 <br />:a . ~ <br />v.. .' <br />'r.:), .,." <br />"-~.;\J'~9 3fJ':i.J' <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />TO: . <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />Mike Serlet, P.E., chie~ij <br />Water Supply Planning. m';"! Ffuance Section <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />May 16, 2005 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Consent Agenda Item 2 - May 24-25, 2005, Board Meeting <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance - Feasibility Study Approval <br />La Plata Water Conservancy District - Long Hollow & Redmesa Ward Reservoirs <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The La Plata Water Conservancy District was awarded a $445,000 non-reimbursable <br />investment via HB 02-1152 (Construction Fund Bill) to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate <br />construction of the Long Hollow Reservoir and enlargement of the Red Mesa Ward Reservoir. <br /> <br />Backl!round <br /> <br />The La Plata Water Conservancy District (LPWCD) is located in the western portion of La Plata <br />County and was formed in 1944 by the irrigators of the La Plata River Basin. Its original activities were <br />focused on the development of a reservoir in Long Hollow but the plans were delayed by the onset of <br />World War II and have not yet been completed. The organization does not currently have any water . <br />supply facilities. <br /> <br />LPWCD, in cooperation with the Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District (ALPWCD) and <br />the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), developed a Water Management and Conservation Plan for Western <br />La Plata County that was adopted in August 2000. This was done because it has become increasingly <br />difficult for the water resources of the basin to meet the needs of existing agriculture, growing <br />residential development, and the demands of New Mexico under the La Plata River Compact. <br />Specifically, it is very difficult to manage water deliveries to New Mexico because there is no <br />regulating reservoir near the state line. <br /> <br />Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Consezvation and Drought Planning <br />