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<br />.' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department oi Natural Resources <br />1} 1 J Sherman Street <br />Denver, ColorJ.do 80203 <br />P'hone: (0)) 860-)....1 <br />FAX; 13031 866--.i4;-" <br /> <br />BiHOwens <br />C0'erfl'jf <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Cre~:. WJlcher <br />hec:.:ti,e Director, ONR <br /> <br />?~H~r 'rI. t\lilflS <br />Oirecror, C\ves <br /> <br />TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />FROM: William p, Stanton, P,E, '~. <br />Chief, Conservation Planning Section <br /> <br />DATE: November 17,1999 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 15g - November 22-23, 1999 Board meeting <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance - Non-Reimbursable Projects <br />El Paso County Water Authority - EI Paso County Water Master Plan <br /> <br />','.) <br />~:" ~ <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />This memo is a request for a grant from the Construction Fund for a Master Water <br />Plan for the El Paso County Water Authority, A copy of the General Specifications prepared for <br />the request for proposals is attached, Mr. Phillip J, V oegtle, P ,E" the technical consultant to <br />the Authority, will be at the meeting to answer questions, <br /> <br />Backl!round <br /> <br />Rural EI Paso County has been growing, The population outside of the service area of <br />the City of Colorado Springs is served by 27 separate water providers, In an effort to avoid <br />conflicts and realize the benefits of a coordinated approach to obtaining future additional water <br />supplies, 17 of these water providers formed the El Paso County Water Authority in 1997, The <br />Authority is governed by a four member board, Each entity pays dues based on the number of <br />customers served, <br /> <br />''') <br />;~ <br />'~n'~_";: <br /> <br />The Authority has adopted a five'year program of technical studies aimed at the <br />development of a long range, countywide Water Master Plan, The purpose of the plan is "to <br />develop water resources, systems, and facilities in whole or in pan for the benefit of Authority <br />members and their inhabitants, and other residents of the county, now and into the future, " <br /> <br />I <br />