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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Based on recommendations from CWCB staff and the Steering Committee, a second questionnaire was developed for distributiO/l to special districts, enviromnental organizations and other water related groups. Complete copies of the original questionnaires sent to Colorado communities and organizations may be found in Appendix C, with copies of the original mailing lists. Distribution On October 23, 1997, the questionnaires were mailed to 63 counties and 268 cities and towns, with a request that they be returned by November 14, 1997. Similarly, questionnaires were distributed to 110 water related organizations. Rate of Return By the initial November 14 deadline, only 10 percent of the communities had responded. In order to improve the response rate, members of the consultant team made over 200 follow-up phone calls to the non-responding communities. This effort dramatically improved the return rate. By the end of January, approximately forty-four percent (44.4 %) of Colorado counties had returned their questionnaires, and approximately (39.9%) of cities and towns had responded, Overall, 135 of the 331 questionnaires (40.8%) have been received. Twenty-four of the 110 organizations (21.8 %) also completed questionnaires. Questionnaire Review Each questionnaire was reviewed by MWE staff, Completed questionnaires ranged from very brief responses with minimal or incomplete data to extensive documents with detailed responses that included maps, reports, or other supplemental infonnation. Additional follow-up calls were made to fill in blanks on returned questionnaires or to clarify responses. Once all infonnation was verified, the questionnaires were entered into a database model, as discussed in the next chapter. II-3 97.()6().(IOI