BOARD01536

• Board Meeting Date: 3/20/2000
• Description: CF Section - Non-Reimbursable Projects - Water Education Initiative
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conseroation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone' (303) 866,3441
FAX, [phone]

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Bill Owens
Governor

Greg E.Walcher
Executive Director

Peter H. Evans
CWCB Director

MEMORANDUM

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

FROM:

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William p, Stanton, P ,E. _
Chief, Water Conservation Planning Section

DATE:

March 10, 2000

SUBJECT: Added Agenda Item lIb, Marcil 20-21, 2000 Board Meeting.
Water Supply Planning and Finance - Non-Reimbursable Projects-
Water Education Initiative

Introduction

At the November 1999 meeting, the boaro considered a request for state support of the
Learning to be WaterWise™ Resource Action Program, While the Board expressed a need for
water education, it was concerned with several aspects of the proposal. Staff was directed to
work with the program manager and others to improve the initiative for reconsideration at a
future meeting,

Back!!round

In the 1998-1999 academic year, the Learning to be WaterWise educational program
reached 6, 172 Colorado households in 20 communities, Funding has been provided from a
variety of sources on the Federal and local levels, The US Bureau of Rec1amation has been
involved on the Federal Side, and utility companies, water agencies, municipalities, and private
business have provided funds locally, There has been no funding from the State of Colorado,

In 1995, the Central Water Conservancy District and the University of Northern Colorado
developed a comprehensive K-12 water education curriculum, Numerous Colorado water user
groups reviewed and endorsed lesson plan content.