13-61 WAS - Memo

• Applicant: Central Colorado Water Conservancy District - Well Augmentation Subdistrict
• Grant Type: Severance Tax
• Fiscal Year ‎(i.e. 2008)‎: 2013
• Project Name: Agricultural Emergency Drought Response
• CWCB Section: Finance
• Contract/PO #: 13-61
• Grants - Doc Type: Board 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
TO: Agricultural Emergency Drought Committee Members
Mike King, DNR Executive Director
Jennifer Gimbel, Director of CWCB
Dick Wolfe, State Engineer
John Salazar, Commissioner of Agriculture
FROM: Anna Mauss, P.E.
Finance Section
DATE: October 26, 2012
John Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
DNR Executive Director
Jennifer L. Gimbel
CWCB Director
SUBJECT: Agricultural Emergency Drought (AED) Grant Request (No. FY13 -5)
The Agricultural Emergency Drought (AED) Grant Program provides up to $1 million annually
for emergency drought - related water augmentation purposes to Colorado's agricultural water
users. The program is open to agricultural organizations located in areas where a disaster
emergency has been proclaimed due to drought. Grant funds are used to offset the added costs of
leasing water during drought years.
Here is a summary of the FY 2013 requests to date:
SPONSOR
APPROVAL
DATE
REQUESTED
AMOUNT
AMOUNT
APPROVED
Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District
9/5/2012
$78,683.60
$78,683.60
Arkansas Groundwater Users Association
9/4/2012
$112,584.87
$112,584.87
Colorado Water Protective and Development Association
9/25/12
$346,178.00
$293,186.63
Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District
Pending
$71,274.00
$ TBD
Well Augmentation Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water
Conservancy District
I Pending
$216,577.68
$ TBD
FUNDING SUMMARY
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROVED TO DATE (FY13)
$484,455.10
REMAINING AMOUNT AVAILABLE
$515,544.90
REMAINING AMOUNT IF PENDING GRANTS ARE APPROVED
$227,693.22
All requests are reviewed by the AED grant committee. The committee is comprised of the
Director of the CWCB, the State Engineer, the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Executive
Director of the Department of Natural Resources.
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