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<br />. <br /> <br />",,':/"': ' <br />CCZii- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Deoartment of Natural Resources -- Colorado Water Conservation Board _~_ Division of Water Resources <br /> <br />RGDSS Newsletter <br />Rio Grande Decision Support System <br /> <br />RECEtvED <br />DEe 2 1 1998 <br /> <br />Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board <br /> <br />signature process and is expected to be fully <br />executed by January IS, 1999. Following is a <br />brief summary of each SOW while complete <br />documents are available from the RGDSS web <br /> <br />site (Cdss.state.co.uS) or, upon request, <br /> <br />from the RGDSS. management team. FYI, <br />CDSS stands for Colorado's Decision Support <br />. System which we expect to contain information <br />related to both the Colorado and Rio Grande, <br /> <br />December 15, 1998 <br /> <br />Introduction This newsletter is intended to <br />keep the RGDSS Advisory Committee and other <br />interested parties up to date regarding current <br />RGDSS activities. We expect to publish it <br />quarterly, approximately 4 times a year. To meet <br />the contracting team and introduce their Scopes <br />of Work, an Advisory Committee meeting has <br />been scheduled as follows (please RSVP): <br /> <br />RGDSS Advisory Meeting <br />1:00 Wed Feb. 3; 1998 <br />RGWCD Board Room <br />10900 US Highway 160 East <br />Alamosa CO 81101 <br />(719) 589-6301 <br /> <br />Contract Selection Following a review <br />of Statements of Qualification and interviews <br />conducted in early August 1998, five contractors <br />were selected to execute the Rio Grande <br />Decision Support System as follows: <br /> <br />Component Contractor <br />Ground Water HRS Water <br /> Consultants, Inc. <br />Surface Waier Hydrosphere Resource <br /> Consultants <br />Consumptive Use and Leonard Rice <br />Water Budget Consulting and Agro <br /> Engineering <br />Relational System Riverside Technology, <br />Integration inc. <br />Spatial System HDR Engineering, Inc. <br />Integration <br /> <br />Since their selection, each contractor has worked <br />diligently to negotiate a contract that includes a <br />scope of work (SOW), budget and schedule., <br />Each contract has been submitted to the State's <br /> <br />D:I WIRioGrandel WordlNews9812l5.doc <br /> <br />Ground Water Component The <br />Ground Water Component is expected to require <br />approximately 3 years and nearly $ 2,900,000 <br />dollars to complete. Major objectives include: <br /> <br />o To document and. critically review the <br />existing ground water model developed by <br />the State for the San Luis Valley in 1991. <br />o To develop a data-centered ground water <br />modeiing system that interacts with the <br />State's e'listing database (HydroBase) and <br />other RGDSS planning tools. <br />o To perform additional data collection <br />activities (subsurface and potentially <br />surface) that are required to better <br />understand and manage the ground water <br />resources of the San Luis Valley. <br />o To 'ealibrate and test, via application, an <br />enhanced San Luis Valley Ground Water <br />Model that builds on the existing SL V <br />model, is 100% data centered, and includes <br />results of a focused groundwater data <br />collection effort. <br />o To coordinate and share the ground water <br />investigations, including the enhanced SL V <br />Ground Water Model, with San Luis Valley <br />water users, a technical subcommittee, the <br />State, and other RGDSS Consultants. <br /> <br />Surface Water Component The <br />Surface Water Component is expected to require <br />approximately 3 years and $ 390,000 dollars to <br />complete. Note that most products will be <br />available after year 2 with only minor <br />enhancements expected in year 3. Major <br /> <br />12/17/98 - I <br />