Colorado Water Plan

G R A N T S

Colorado’s Water Values

Water PlanGrant Category

1st

YearFunding

Total RequestFY17/18

Total RecommendedFY17/18

FundingShortfall

Agricultural $1M $1.3M $900K $400K

Storage $3M $4.7M $3M $1.7M

Supply Gap $2M $2.4M $1.9M $500K

Environment/Recreation $1M $2.8M $1M $1.8M

Conservation $1M $1M $1M $0

Innovation/Outreach $1M $1.1M $1M $100K

Year One of Water Plan Grants

Total $9M $13.3M $8.8M $4.5M

Homestake Arkansas River Diversion Improvements Project(Leadville, Colorado)

• Up to 20,000 acre-feet/year of new water supplies

• 600 liner feet of restored stream

• 1.4 acres of restored habitat

• Improved fish & boat passage

Environmental & Recreation+ Supply & Demand Gap

• Reconstruct diversion

• Ensure delivery reliability

• Provide fish & boat passage

• $7.7M Project for Aurora & Colorado Springs Utilities

• $700k in Colorado Water Plan Grant funds.

($200K Environmental & Recreation; $500K Supply Demand Gap)

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Florida Canal Diversion Structure Rehabilitation Project(Durango, Colorado)

• 60,720 linear feet of stream restored or protected

• 48.8 acres of habitat restored or preserved

• 12,264 AF of irrigation water preserved

Agriculture, Environment & Recreation

• Replace low head dam with new structure

• Safer for river users

• Provides fish passage

• Connects 11.5 miles of Florida River habitat

• $1.6M Project for Florida Consolidated Ditch Co.

• $165k in Colorado Water Plan Grant funds

($50k Environmental & Recreation; $125K Agriculture)

• Other funding sources include a CWCB Loan, The Nature

Conservancy & Southwestern Water Conservation District.

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Conservation and Land Use PlanningColorado Growing Water Smart

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• $900k project with the Sonoran Institute

• $400k in Colorado Water Plan Grant funds(all from Conservation & Land Use Planning)

• Build local capacity to plan

• Help implement long-term strategies

• Integrate land use and water planning

• Reaches

• 24 communities

• 1.2 million Colorado Residents

• 400 water providers, land use planners

and elected officials

Education, Innovation & Outreach

Agriculture Water Collaborative

Applicant: Colorado Cattlemen’s Association

Project Cost: $152,400

Water Plan Grant Funding: $76,200

Project: Engage and inform ag water right holders and non-ag water interestsabout ag water issues, including direct and indirect benefits of irrigatedagriculture and how agriculture and other water interests can benefit from mutualcollaboration.

Measurable Result: 10 workshops, 7 conferences/tradeshows, 3 webinars, 2videos, 5 ag water tours, 6 publications, 1 screen tool

Education, Innovation & OutreachAgriculture Water Collaborative

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• $152k project with the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association

• $76k in Colorado Water Plan Grant funds

• Engage and inform ag water right holders and non-ag

• Educate about ag water issues, including direct andindirect benefits of irrigated agriculture and howagriculture and other water interests can benefit frommutual collaboration.

• 10 Workshops

• 7 Conferences/tradeshows

• 6 Publications

• 4 Ag Water Tours

• 3 Webinars

• 2 Videos

• 4 Ag Water Tours

• 1 Screen Tool

City Lake Dam Enlargement(Walsenburg, Colorado)

• Create 120 Acre-Feet/year of new storage

Storage

• Remove existing dam

• Build new, safer dam

• Enlarge the dam height by 3’

• $6.8M Project for Walsenburg City Lake Dam Project

• $800k in Colorado Water Plan Grant funds

• Other funding sources include CWCB Loans

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Water Plan Grant Funding Year 2

• $7M from the construction fund:

• $3M Storage & Supply/Demand

• $1.5M Environmental & Recreational

• $1M Agricultural

• $1M Conservation, Land Use, and Drought Planning

• $0.5M Engagement, Outreach, Innovation

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