WSP00143

• File Number: 8483
• Description: Platte River Basin-SPDSS
• State: CO
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 10/30/1992
• Author: Bill Stanton
• Title: Agenda Item 26 South Platte River Monitoring Program
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Board Memo

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Oct 29.92 17:32 No.003 P.02

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SOUTH PLATTE WATER RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The South Platte Water Rights Management system is being designed
to assist officials from the colorado State Engineers Office (SED)
and water users in the South Platte Basin in managing water rights.
The purpose of the project is to improve information flow and
communication among water users and with officials in the SED. The
project sponsors believe that this cooperative project will improve
the water administration process such that it is more responsive to
rapidly changing river cond1tions. The net result will be to
maximize efficient use of available water supplies.

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This project has been funded by a group of 16 entities (see
Attachment 1). The basinwide project has been one of the few
successful examples not only of cooperation on a metropolitan basis
but also at the agricultural/municipal level.

Phase V of the program will begin in January and will conclude in
the summer of 1993. To date, the program sponsors have contributed
funding as outlined below.

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Phases I through IV (cash)
Phases I through IV (overhead)
Phase V (projected)
TOTAL

$128,000
50,000
50.000
$228.000

After 3 years of research, the project is reaching the
implementation stage. The project sponsors are seeking funding for
Phase VI to complete the database and fully implement the system.
The tasks that would be completed in this phase IIlre:

o Acquisition of hardware
o Support and maintenance of the hardware
o Refine the program design for full-scale implementation
o Complete the information system to include the entire South
Platte Basin
o Develop user access from a wide range uf computers

The total funding request for Phase VI is $340,000. About half of
the dollars will be used to purchase of the computer hardware to
make the system work. The remainder of the funds would go to
complete the software development for the entire ba~in.

The system would work well with the Colorado River Decision support
system (CRDSS) currently under consideration and may use some of
the same software designed for our project. The design work for
our system has been carried out at the Center for Advanced Decision
Support for Water and Environmental systems (involving many of the
same personnel as have worked on the CRDSS).

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The project sponsors will also be seeking a $50,000 grant from the
Water Management Grants Demonstration Program. A specific proposal
will be submitted in the near future.