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<br />002321 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WATER FOR ENERGY <br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />Status Report <br /> <br />September 30, 1982 <br /> <br />The Water For Energy (WFE) Project encompasses a series of tasks directed <br />at developing the capabilities of the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to <br />deal with complex issues facing the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) in a <br />timely and efficient manner. These tasks fall under two main categories: <br /> <br />) 1, Develop and implement water, energy, and aquatic resource data- <br />bases for the UCRB. <br /> <br />2. Implement and document a hydrologic screening model for the UCRB <br />using an existing hydrologic model which can easily be set up and <br />modified. <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />With the closure of the fiscal year and the uncertainty of the future of the WFE <br />Project, this report is intended to serve as the WFE Activity/Accomplishment <br />report for FY-82. <br /> <br />The WFE Project commenced in July 1981 with funding from the U.S. Environmental <br />Protection Agency (EPA). Project staff were assigned in mid-July and immediately <br />set to work refining project statements of work and becoming acquainted with the <br />UCRB. During August and September 1981, WFE staff briefed water resource agencies <br />in Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico on the WFE Project and made arrangements for <br />demonstrations of the hydrology model on the mainstem Colorado River. <br /> <br />During the fall of 1981, several demonstrations of the mainstem model were <br />presented to FWS staff and a group representing several State agencies from <br />Wyoming. Wyoming State officials were included in early demonstrations because <br />they expressed strong concerns about the development and use of the model in <br />earlier briefing sessions. <br /> <br />TASK 1 - Database Development <br /> <br />Concurrent with the modeling effort, work proceeded on the identification of <br />information management systems in the UCRB which contain information on fish and <br />wildlife resources. During this identification process, 22 database development <br /> <br /> <br />