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" i -~ the Rio Grande Water Conservation District in coordination with the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) requested emergency assistance from the Division of Disaster Emergency Services (DODES). The assistance request was in the form of a $25,000 grant request to continue a team of back hoes and men working long hours in advance of an approaching flood peak. The CWCB then coordinated the District's efforts in obtaining funding through the Division of Disaster Emergency Services and the Governor's Emergency Fund. As a follow-up to the emergency program to resolve drainage problems in the San Luis Valley the State has authorized a loan of $250,000 to the Rio Grande Water Conservation District. These funds should be adequate for the District to complete the repair and rehabilitation of the drains in the Valley so that the farmers will not have to be worried about high water tables and the towns in the valley will continue to receive flood protection benefits by diverting peak flows into these drainage ditches. 3.4 COLORADO DIVISION OF DISASTER EMERGENCY SERVICES (DODES) ",:l; On 11 Hay DODES received a request on behalf of the Rio Grande Water Conservation District for State financial assistance to sustain effor:ts under:way to repair and rehabilitate irrigation drainage systems leading east from the irrigated areas into the Closed Basin (Exhibit A). Commissioner: Pat Herrera of Alamosa County contacted the Division Director of DODES to support the District's request for financial assistance. Commissioner Herrera stated that the Alamosa Board of Commissioners would declare a state of emergency that date (Exhibit B). DODES then advised Governor Romer to declare a State of Emergency based on the imminent threat of flooding along the Rio Grande. .' .~ 1 -:...J I .1 '..1 On June 4, 1987, Governor Romer declared a State of Emergency for Alamosa County based on the imminent threat of flooding on the Rio Grande River and authorized $25.000 in State assistance to permit the continuation of work by the irrigation district with coordination of all funds through Alamosa County (Exhibits C, D. E). ; .,.~ ') :~j Thp Governor's Emergency Declaration authorized $25.000 in State assistance to permit the continuation of work on the outElow channels with Alamosa County acting as the sponsoring agency. . , ". '.~ :-; 3.5 REOPENING OF IRRIGATION DITCHES; FLOOD CONTROL ACHIEVED The Cleaning of the ditches by the District and others continued until the Rio Grande reached its final peak flow on June 16, 1987. By this time over 20 miles of irrigation drains had been reopened. Peak flows at Alamosa were 5.200 on May 16 and 5,150 4136E -5-