BOARD01427

• Board Meeting Date: 1/27/1999
• Description: CF Section - Non-Reimbursable Projects and Investigations - Southeastern Colorado WCD - Phase II Water and Storage Needs Assessment
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resourc'es
721 Centennial Building
1 313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone],4474

STATE OF COLORADO

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Bill Owens
Governor

MEMORANDUM

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director, DNR

Peter H. Evans
Acting Director, eWeB

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Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
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Steve Miller, CWCB Interstate'St~;;ms and Hydrologic Investigations Section

FROM:

DATE:

January 19, 1999

SUBJECT:

Agenda Item 16.f., January 27-28, 1999, Board Meeting
Construction Fund - Non-Reimbursable Projects and Investigations
Southeastern Colorado WeD - Phase II Water and Storage Needs Assessment

INTRODUCTION

The Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (SECWCD) and the Southeastern Colorado
Water and Storage Needs Assessment Enterprise (SECWSNAE), the enterprise created by the
SECWCD to conduct a study entitled "SECWCD/Arkansas Basin Water and Storage Needs
Assessment" are requesting financial assistance from the Board for Phase II of the Assessment
Project. Steve Arveschoug, General Manager of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy
District, submitted a request for $25,000 in non-reimbursable assistance to the Board in his
December 18, 1998 letter to Peter Evans, which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A". Mr. Arveschoug
will make a'.presentation to the Board to explain the purposes of Phase II, as well as answer any
questions about the recently finalized Phase I study report. A copy of the executive Summary from
the final Phase I report is attached hereto as exhibit "B", and copies of the full report can be provided
to interested Board members upon request to staff.

BACKGROUND

The CWCB provided $75,000 and technical assistance for the original Phase I of the study to help
municipal and agricultural water users in the SECWCD service area identify future water demands,
evaluate the adequacy of existing supplies, and identify potential cooperative solutions to meet
projected needs for additional storage. The $75,000 grant was funded from the Severance Tax Trust
Fund Operational Account. Approximately 25 participating water supply entities also helped fund
that study. Technical analysis and report preparation for the Needs Assessment is was preformed by
the Denver office of GEl Consultants, a national engineering firm, under a $170,000 contract