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C'l. ~ . . c COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD 102 Columbine Building 1845 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Barch 15, 1973 1-1 E N 0 RAN D U M TO: lJIembers, Colorado ,'Tater Conservation Board and Colorado l'iater Congress Advisory Committee. FROH: Felix L. Spark s, Director. SUBJECT: proposed schedule of funding for authorized reclamation projects, Board meeting, March 21, 1973. Enclosed herewith are summary statements for those authorized reclamation projects which were not included in the previous distribution. There is also enclosed herewith a suggested schedule of funding for all projects through completion. Many years of effort have gone into securing the authorization of the nine reclamation projects still remaining to be constructed in Colorado. In all cases, the local people and water conservancy districts involved have expended great amounts of time, effort and financial resources in bringing these projects to their current status. Some of these projects should have already been constructed. Because of the many complicated factors involved, it has been a perplexing task to attempt to assign some priority of construction for the projects. Invariably, any priority schedule will lead to bitter disappointment. However, we do not know of any other course of action at this time which will keep the recla- mation program in Colorado in existence. Several weeks ago, I appointed a committee from the staff to evaluate the authorized projects, using as a basis various criterion promulgated by the Office of Management and Budget. These criteria were expanded to consider such matters as date of authorization, immediate readiness for construction, market for project water, and other local factors. The committee consisted of Laren D. Morrill, deputy director; Fred E. Daubert, water resource analyst (economist), and Donald J. Percious, water resource analyst (engineer).