C153869 Contract

• Contract/PO #: C153869
• Contractor Name: Brown and Caldwell
• Contract Type: Grant
• Water District: 0
• County: Jackson
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Contract Documents

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Exhibit A

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Revised
Scope of Work and Proposal
Feasibility Study for a South Platte Decision Support System

INTRODUCTION

Purpose A South Platte Decision Support System (SPDSS) feasibility study is required to
define the purposes for, uses of, users, components, data requirements, costs and schedule
required to develop such a system. The results of the feasibility study win be used by the
Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), Division of Water Resources (DWR), and
State Information Management Committee (IMC) for recommending the development of
a SPDSS to the General Assembly.

The general SPDSS feasibility objectives are to:

1. Determine the feasibility of developing a Decision Support System for the
South Platte Basin similar to the Decision Support System (DSS) developed
for the Colorado River Basin and under development for the Rio Grande
Basin.

2. IdentifY the scope of, functions, elements, and data needs, costs and schedule
to develop a decision support system for the South Platte Basin.

The feasibility study should encompass the entire South Platte drainage (Division I) for
hydrologic and/or administrative reasons. In addition to Division I, the SPDSS project
shall include Jackson County, which is located in Water District 47 of Division 6 and is
tributary to the North Platte River.

The SPDSS first and foremost must provide state officials and water users in the South
Platte Basin an effective system with which to plan, develop and manage their water
resources. The initial vision for SPDSS is to create a system that is capable of providing
an overall "water budget" for the South Platte, provide better water planning and
administration tools. The SPDSS is expected to be an extension of and compatible with
Colorado's Decision Support Systems (CDSS). The principal goal of the SPDSS will be
to provide credible information on which to make informed decisions concerning the
management of South Platte Basin water resources. The SPDSS will need to among
other things: .

. Provide comprehensive, accurate, user-friendly databases compatible with the
Division of Water Resources "HydroBase" that are helpful in the
administration and allocation of waters of the South Platte and its tributaries.

. Provide data and models to evaluate alternative water development and
administration strategies, which can maximize utilization of available
resources in an types of hydrologic conditions.

. Be a functional system that can be used by decision-makers and others, and be
maintained and upgraded by the State.

August 1, 2001