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� <br />;►� Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />�� 1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br />www. cwc b. state. co. u s <br />STA�r�, oF coLor��Do <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br />From: Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief <br />Water Supply Planning Finance Section <br />Date: November 9, 2001 <br />Subject: Agenda Item 25a — November 19-20, 2001, Board Meeting <br />Water Supply Planning and Finance — Referred Non-Reimbursable <br />Investments <br />Rio Grande Water Conservation District — Closed Basin Well <br />Rehabilitation <br />) <br />Introduction <br />.__ ,� <br />�:� <br />^��,. <br />��� : � <br />-.�-- <br />Biil Owens <br />Governor <br />Greg E. Walcher <br />Executive Director <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />�eputy Director <br />The Rio Grande Water Conservation District (District) has requested non- <br />reimbursable funding in the amount of $200,000 to participate with the Bureau of <br />R�clamation (BOR) in the rehabilitation (re-drill and re-locate) of several Closed Basin <br />project wells. (Please see attached project description and map.) <br />Staff Comments <br />The Closed Basin project, and its subsequent efficient operations, are considered <br />to be of statewide concern and importance since the purpose of the project assists the <br />State of Colorado in meeting its' commitment to the States of New Mexico and Texas <br />under the 1939 Rio Grande Compact. The rehabilitation of the project wells will allow <br />the BOR's project operations to meet the water quality and quantity requirements set <br />forth in the Rio Grande compact. For these reasons, this project should be considered as <br />addressing an issue of "statewide impact or importance". The District's funding request <br />is for less than 45% of the total project cost. The BOR is continuing to seaxch for cost <br />sharing opportunities to be combined with federal funds to enable the project to reach a <br />more sustainable and reliable level of production. <br />) <br />Flood Protection • Water Project Planning and Financing • Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection . Conservation Planning <br />