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• Board Meeting Date: 9/18/2007
• Description: OWCDP Section - Water Efficiency Grant Request from Castle Pines North Metropolitan District
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor

Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Dan McAuliffe
Acting CWCB Director

FROM: Veva McCaig, Section Chief
Tammie Petrone, OWCDP Grants Coordinator
Office of Water Conservation & Drought Planning (OWCDP)

DATE: September 6, 2007

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 6a - Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning
Water Efficiency Grant Request from Castle Pines N0l1h Metropolitan District

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On July 1,2007, the Water Efficiency Grant Program, which was established under House Bill
05-1254, was merged with the Water Conservation Planning Program, which was established
under House Bill 04-1365, to create one Water Efficiency Grant Program under Senate Bill 07-
008. Senate Bill 07-008 created the Water Efficiency Grant Program Cash Fund, to be
administered by the Board. The grant monies may be awarded to: 1) Covered entities to aid in
developing and updating a Water Conservation Plan to meet the requirements outlined in 937-
60-126 C.R.S.; or 2) Covered entities to aid in achieving the goals outlined in their locally
adopted Water Conservation Plans; or 3) Public and private agencies whose primary purpose
includes the promotion and benefits of water resource conservation for education and outreach
aimed at demonstrating the benefits of water efficiency. Further, the Grant Guidelines, which
the Board adopted in November 2006, define water conservation to mean broadly water use
efficiency, wise water-use, water transmission and distribution system efficiency, and supply
substitution. The objective of water conservation is a long-tenn increase in the productive use of
water supply in order to satisfy water supply needs without compromising desired water services.

Summary of Grant Proposal

The OWCDP received a Water Efficiency Grant application from Castle Pines North
Metropolitan District (CPN), a covered entity located in the south metro Denver area, in north em
Douglas County approximately 5 miles north of Castle Rock, Colorado. CPN currently relies on
eleven Denver Basin groundwater wells for its potable water supply and treated wastewater
(reclaimed water) to irrigate the Ridge Golf Course. The Denver Basin aquifer is a non-

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