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<br />. <br /> <br />Service, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the Urban Drain- <br /> <br /> <br />age and Flood Control District, local governments, and private <br /> <br /> <br />consultants. <br /> <br />The ewcs no longer receives funding for such studies and <br />federal agencies have recently received less funds for such <br />activities. The reduced availability of public funds for flood- <br />plain studies and continued development pressure on floodplain <br />areas in the state could result in two scenarios: One, devel- <br />opers will have to study and delineate more miles of floodplains <br />themselves in compliance with State standards and guidelines: <br />two, more miles of floodplains will undergo development without <br />adequate delineation of flood hazard areas. <br /> <br />-11- <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />To best utilize the funds that remain available for mapping <br />each year, the CWCS prepares an annual floodplain study priority <br />list. The list shows floodplain study needs of all the communi- <br />ties in the state and prioritizes those needs according to the <br />degree of the flooding possible, current population, ongoing and <br />anticipated population growth, and other related factors. Feder- <br />al and State agencies with funds available for floodplain studies <br />in Colorado use this list to develop study and work programs. <br /> <br />PROCEDURES AND M~THODS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Users of flood hazard information should be aware of the <br />limitations and the extent of accuracy of approximate and <br />