WSP03845

• File Number: 8276.450
• Description: McElmo Creek Unit - Colorado River Salinity Control Program
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 3/1/1992
• Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Report for the McElmo Creek Unit of the Colorado River Basic Salinity Control Program 1991 Annual Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

IV. ECONOMIC MONITORING AND EVALUATION

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Economic Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) requirements are derived
from SCS interpretations for the National Manual for Cost-Share
Programs and are outlined in the CRSCP Framework Plan for
Monitoring and Evaluation (6-23-91). Specific requirements include.
but are not limited to the following:

1) collection of salinity control data;
2) evaluation of salinity control practices; and
3) analysis of costs, ~enefits, and project effectiveness.

In compliance with CRSCP requirements, the Framework Plan
identifies the need for documenting benchmark, treatment, and
follow-up situations for irriqation water delivery, management, and
application and for on-farm production and conservation activities.

To assist in meeting CRSCP requirements, a Salinity Planning
Worksheet (SPW) was developed and tested in the Grand Valley, Lower
Gunnison, and McElmo basins. The SPW is the Colorado-scs approved
tool for documenting CRSCP planning. It is being used to document
benchmark (before) and treatment (both planned and actual) effects
of each contract plan. This will allow required analysis of
salinity treatment impacts for project evaluation. A fOllow-up
sample of selected plans will be developed by the use of a follow-
up version of the worksheet in a selected year after irrigation
system and irrigation water management implementation. Data
provided through the use of this worksheet provide an element of
consistency to the planning and follow-up process, especially given
the turnover in planning staff in recent years.

Data gathered with the SPW are entered in data bases in the Grand
Junction Area Office. As these data bases are developed, they can
be made available to Field Offices for quarterly reporting and
other purposes. Continuing use of this data collection process
will ensure the availability of adequate information for developing
annual reports and longer term summary reports.

The following data do not represent the entire complement of
planning activities for FY 1991. The development and testing of
the revised data collection worksheet (SPW) began in June, 1991 and
was completed in March, 1992. The stage is set for full
documentation of CRSCP planning in FY 1992. This will facilitate
the development of annual reports and will establish a basis for a
cumulative data base useful for all required reports in the future.

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