BOARD02481

• Board Meeting Date: 1/24/2001
• Description: CF Section - South Platte Lower River Group - Non-reimbursable Investment
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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South Pla<<. Lower Rlv.r Group
January 24-25. 2001

Agenda Item 13b.

Water Project Construction Program
Non-Reimburseable Investment Project Data

Recipient:

South Platte Lower River Group (SPLRG)

ProJect Name:

State-Private Partnerships in Managed Groundwater Re-regulation

Project Type:
County:

Demonstration-Pilot project

Type of EntIty: AgriculturaVMunicipal

Sedgwick (District 64)

Drainage Basin: South Platte

Funding Sources: CWCB, NCWCD, GASP, LSPWCD, Platte River Project.

Total ProJect Cost: $170,000

CWCB Funding: $150,000

SPLRG has requested funding in amount of $150,000 to cover 88% of the cost of a pilot
demonstration project to assess the possibility of a public/private partnership for manage
groundwater recharge on the lower South Platte River. (Managed groundwater projects are
designed to retlme flows at the lower end of the South Platte from periods of excess to periods
of shortage.) This pilot project is designed to create a perpetual State interest in water projects
that will benefit the State in meeting its needs for species of concern, In meeting Its
commitments for threatened and endangered species in the Platte River Basin, and for other
water management purposes. The project will also facilitate administration of water rights by the
State. Private partners will benefit from their share of recharge credits for augmentation.
Standard contracts and agreements with private landowners will be developed as part of this
project, as a model for future similar projects. These issues affect the entire South Plate
drainage, and are of statewide impact and importance. The demonstration project will be
managed by SPLRG and has a number of supporters that will contribute cash and in-kind
services.

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