Example Annual Application

Colorado Water Institute
Colorado

FY2013 Annual Application
under section 104 of the
Water Resources Research Act of 1984, as amended
U.S. Geological Survey
Announcement 11HQPA0002

Colorado Water Institute

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Office of the Vice President
for Engagement
136 Student Services
1050 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1050
(970) 491-2785
FAX: (970) 491-7863

January 11, 2013

MATCHING FUNDS COMMITMENT
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey
Department of the Interior

State Water Resources Research Institute Program, FY 2013
USGS Announcement: 11HQPA0002, Revised December 30, 2012
Proposal Closing Date: January 15, 2013
Colorado State University Commitment: $184,670 (total of Direct Costs of $96,369
and Facilities and Administrative Costs of $88,301) during fiscal year July 1, 2013 to June 30,
2014.
The Office of the Vice President for Engagement has provided the Colorado Water Institute with
an annual base budget from which the FY2013 State Water Institute Program 2:1 matching
commitment will be derived.

~Lou Swanson
Vice President for Engagement
~
Huntington D Lambert
Associate Provost

Program Administration/Management Description
Colorado
Reagan Waskom
Director, Colorado State University
email:[email protected]
phone:970 491-6308
Administrative Personnel: Nancy Grice
Assistant to the Director
email:[email protected]
phone:970-491-6724
State:
Director:

Program Administration/Management Description

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Program and Management Overview
The Colorado Water Institute (CWI) will continue to address the water information and
education challenges facing Colorado over the next fiscal year, providing the unit with
opportunity for growth within the university and the state. Budget challenges in Colorado
provide an opportunity to match up activities already in progress through CWI with water
needs in the state and the region. CWI reports to the Vice President for Engagement at
Colorado State University, an administration unit charged with primary responsibilities for
outreach and the formation of partnerships to further the activities of a variety of units at the
university. The inclusion of CWI in this cluster acknowledges work already accomplished to
connect faculty with water expertise in various institutions of higher education with policy
makers, water providers, water managers, and water users throughout the state.
CWI received state appropriation for water research and will work with the Advisory Committee
on Water Research Policy (ACWRP) to establish research priorities and award research project
funding for the coming year. New project investigators will be funded this year, and the
Director will help connect their work to the greater water community.
Two faculty research projects and one student research project were chosen for FY13 funding.
1. Addressing the agronomic feasibility of partial and full season hay fallowing as part of a
Western Slope Water Bank
2. Reclaimed Wastewater Use Assessment for Municipal Reuse and Algae Growth for Oil
Production (Phase 1)
3. Social Network Analysis for Water Resources Management Workshop (student project)
The connections with Colorado’s water and agricultural communities make CWI uniquely suited
to tasks of outreach and partnership formation, and CSU President Tony Frank has called on
CWI for such services in the coming year. Discussions of water use, water policy, and water
compacts were mandated by the Colorado State Legislature through a series of Water Basin
Roundtables. CWI will continue to provide research-based information on a variety of related
topics including agricultural water use, history of water use and rights, and water law to these
roundtable participants. CWI has worked to foster the inclusion of research in the communities
involved in the roundtables. These tasks will continue into the next fiscal year, as the
roundtables are charged with developing priority needs within their basins and pushing projects
forward for funding. This activity in support of a legislative mandate provides CWI an
opportunity to highlight its contributions to the water community in Colorado as we go
forward. These opportunities come with higher visibility and greater accountability for CWI. The
Institute is fortunate to have a statutorily mandated Advisory Committee on Water Research
Policy (ACWRP), each member has long tenure in the water management community and is in
position to provide support and guidance for the Institute.

Budget Breakdown
Project Number: 2013CO-ADMIN
Project Title:
Cost Category
Principal Investigator(s) Salaries and Wages:
Graduate Student(s) Salaries and Wages:
Undergraduate Student(s) Salaries and Wages:
Others: 0
Total Salaries and Wages:
Principal Investigator(s) Fringe Benefits:
Graduate Student(s) Fringe Benefits:
Undergraduate Student(s) Fringe Benefits:
Others: None
Total Fringe Benefits:
Graduate Student(s) Tuition:
Undergraduate Student(s) Tuition:
Total Tuition:
Supplies:
Equipment:
Services or Consultants:
Travel:
Other Direct Costs:
Total Direct Costs:
Indirect costs on federal share:
Indirect costs on non-federal share:
Total Estimated Costs:
Total Costs at Institute host Colorado State University:
Total Costs at other University
Name of University: None

Budget Breakdown

Federal
$0
$0
$3,000
$0
$3,000
$0
$0
$30
$0
$30
$0
$0
$0
$2,970
$0
$0
$2,000
$2,000
$10,000
XXXXX
XXXXX
$10,000
$10,000

Non-Federal
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$4,850
$0
$4,850
$4,850

$0

$0

Total
$0
$0
$3,000
$0
$3,000
$0
$0
$30
$0
$30
$0
$0
$0
$2,970
$0
$0
$2,000
$2,000
$10,000
$4,850
$0
$14,850
$14,850
$0

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Budget Justification
Project Number: 2013CO-ADMIN
Project Title:
Salaries and Wages for PIs. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate of compensation
proposed for each individual.
NA
Salaries and Wages for Graduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate
of compensation proposed for each individual. (Other forms of compensation paid as or in lieu of wages to
students performing necessary work are allowable provided that the other payments are reasonable
compensation for the work performed and are conditioned explicitly upon the performance of necessary
work. Also, note that tuition has its own category below and that health insurance, if provided, is to be
included under fringe benefits).
NA
Salaries and Wages for Undergraduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and
the rate of compensation proposed for each individual. (Other forms of compensation paid as or in lieu of
wages to students performing necessary work are allowable provided that the other payments are reasonable
compensation for the work performed and are conditioned explicitly upon the performance of necessary
work. Also, note that tuition has its own category below and that health insurance, if provided, is to be
included under fringe benefits).
150 hours of student employees up to $20 per hour.
Salaries and Wages for Others. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate of
compensation proposed for each individual.
NA
Fringe Benefits for PIs. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of employee
proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
NA
Fringe Benefits for Graduate Students. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category
of employee proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
NA
Fringe Benefits for Undergraduate Students. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each
category of employee proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
Undergraduate Students Fringe 1.0%
Fringe Benefits for Others. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of employee
proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
NA
Tuition for Graduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, and amount of tuition remission proposed
for each individual.
NA
Tuition for Undergraduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, and amount of tuition remission
proposed for each individual.
NA
Supplies. Indicate separately the amounts proposed for office, laboratory, computing, and field supplies.
Provide a breakdown of the supplies in each category.

Budget Justification

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$3,000 requested for supplies to include annual computer license and misc office supplies: $1,500-Annual
Licensing-6 FTE @ $250/each-FTE Microsoft Software Cost & Microsoft Server/IT Support Cost $
600-Color Cartridges-3 @ $200/each $ 450-Toner Cartridges-3 @ $150/each $ 300-Paper-5 cases @
$50/each $ 150-Misc Office Supplies-pens, tape, markers, paper clips, labels, envelopes, folders, note pads,
etc.
Equipment. Identify non-expendable personal property having a useful life of more than one (1) year and an
acquisition cost of more than $5,000 per unit. If fabrication of equipment is proposed, list parts and materials
required for each, and show costs separately from the other items. A detailed breakdown is required.
NA
Services or Consultants. Identify the specific tasks for which these services, consultants, or subcontracts
would be used. Provide a detailed breakdown of the services or consultants to include personnel, time,
salary, supplies, travel, etc.
NA
Travel. Provide purpose and estimated costs for all travel. A breakdown should be provided to include
location, number of personnel, number of days, per diem rate, lodging rate, mileage and mileage rate, airfare
(whatever is applicable).
$2,000 requested for travel expenses to attend NIWR annual meeting in Washington, DC.: $650-Airfare
$355-Per Diem-$71/per day @5 $836-Lodging-4 nights @ $209/night $159-Mileage RT to Airport, Airport
Parking, Toll Road Expenses, Taxi/Metro
Other Direct Costs. Itemize costs not included elsewhere, including publication costs. Costs for services and
consultants should be included and justified under Services or Consultants (above). Please provide a
breakdown for costs listed under this category.
$2,000 requested for other direct costs: Memberships and subscriptions/dues for state and national water
organizations.
Indirect Costs. Provide negotiated indirect ( Facilities and Administration ) cost rate.
Colorado State University's negotiated indirect (Facilities and Administration) cost rate is 48.50% MTDC.

Budget Justification

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State:
Project Number:
Title:
Project Type:
Focus Category:
Keywords:
Start Date:
End Date:
Congressional District:
PI:

CO
2013CO289B
Social Network Anlysis Technique for Water Resources Management Workshop
Education
Education
Social Network Analysis, Socio-Ecological Systems, Adaptive Co-management
3/1/2013
2/28/2014
4th
Labadie, John
Professor, Colorado State University
email:[email protected]
phone:(970)491-6898

Co-PI(s):

Abstract
Social network analysis (SNA) is a system for studying relationships between people, groups, organizations,
and other entities, as well as, network flows of information and resources. The purpose of this CWI project
will be to test SNA techniques, then develop materials to provide a Fall 2013 half-day workshop in Social
Network Analysis Techniques for Water Resources Management. The SNA workshop will introduce
interested Colorado State University (CSU) students and faculty in engineering, natural resources, agriculture,
and other scientific disciplines to complimentary analysis for social aspects of their work and research through
SNA principles and techniques. As part of the researcher’s dissertation entitled Decision Support System
(DSS) for Adaptive Co-Management of Water and Environmental Resources, the author is developing
semi-structured interviewing techniques and social network analysis (SNA) routines to define organizational
ties, information and resource flows, and regulatory frameworks to better characterize the human dimensions
of current conditions watershed-wide and to better plan diverse options to improve integrated water resources
management (IWRM). In addition to social systems analysis, SNA will also serve as part of the DSS module
for monitoring and assessment to analyze how management options that increase social network bridging ties,
reduce network fragmentation, improve leadership measures of centrality, and increase in number and
strength flows of resources and information work to improve sustainability and resilience of water resources
management frameworks. In the student’s dissertation research, SNA techniques are embedded in a process of
adaptive co-management (ACM), which combines the experiential knowledge-building process of adaptive
management with the flexible, shared governance approach of co-management. An introduction to ACM will
also be include as a components of the workshop, as would others SNA findings from select CSU faculty and
student research, as well as, worldwide research in SNA applied to natural resources problems. The Social
Networking Analysis Techniques for Water Resources Management workshop could be provided as part of
the CWI Fall 2013 water resources seminar series or as a separate half-day workshop. CSU faculty in
sociology and other departments with SNA expertise would be involved in workshop review prior to
presentation. If a lab at the CSU campus could be found with UCINET software installed, for additional
preparation costs, the workshop could also be expanded to a full-day to include practical UCINET lab practice
in the latter portion.

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Statement of Regional or State Water problem.
I have spoken with several CSU graduate students in several science and engineering
departments who would like to use SNA in interdisciplinary research to better understand the
human dimensions of water resources, natural resources, and environmental management,
however, there are only a few CSU semester long courses in sociology, communications, and
anthropology that only briefly address SNA as part of the curriculum. The Social Networking
Analysis Techniques for Water Resources Management workshop would specifically provide a
jump start in natural systems-focused SNA for under-served graduate students, as well as,
interested faculty and senior undergraduate students in other CSU science and engineering
departments. Not only can SNA help researchers describe social, organizational, political, legal,
and regulatory issues better, but it may also be used to compare successful and unsuccessful
applications of IWRM, ACM, and other resource management methods. SNA also serves to
more fully analyze how well alternative options improve relationships for long term
sustainability and resilience, rather than focusing only on an option’s technical merits. SNA is
also an effective monitoring and assessment tool to gauge how well an implemented solution
improves social network structure and resource and information exchange.
Statement of the results or benefits.
Increasing awareness of SNA techniques among faculty and student workshop attendees in
agriculture, engineering, and natural resources disciplines will meet several objectives:
 encourage students to strive to build more sustainable, resilient socio-ecological systems,
 more analytically consider the human dimensions of apparently technical problems,
 increase interdisciplinary research activity,
 increase the flow of scientific research into practical applications, and
 better assess project outcomes to include improvements in social network structure.
Nature, scope, and objectives of the project, including a timeline of activities.
The objectives of the project are to test SNA methods, develop materials, present the SNA
workshop, follow up with attendees, and compile results and lessons learned for CWI benefit.
Month
Activities
March
Determine faculty reviewers, Finalize data collection techniques for workshop
2013
inclusion, Conduct SNA research integration from list in part 17. below.
April 2013 Outline course content, Develop graphics to describe each SNA principle
May 2013
Develop water, natural resources, and environmental application examples
June 2013
Complete SNA principles and data collection techniques section of workshop
July 2013
Develop SNA techniques portion of the workshop, UCINET based examples
August
Have draft workshop materials reviewed by experts, Make revisions, Set
2013
workshop date and venue, Develop workshop marketing materials and campaign
September Make preparations for video recording of workshop and schedule any onsite
2013
example demos to include, Launch marketing campaign and adjust if needed to
achieve minimum 20 attendees, Develop exit surveys and follow-up activities
October
Present Workshop: Social Networking Analysis Techniques for Water Resources
2013
Management, Obtain survey feedback, Plan next steps with attendees
Nov. 2013 Write CWI report, Compile results of workshop exits surveys, Complete followup
Dec. 2013
Project closeout

Methods, procedures, and facilities.
SNA determines how entities are organized in relation to one another. The focus of the
workshop will be to explain how SNA can be used to better evaluate organizational ties,
knowledge and resource exchange, and regulatory frameworks to improve analysis,
implementation, and ongoing assessment of water resources, natural resources, and
environmental management practices at the watershed scale and beyond. The workshop will
present SNA as part of a systematic approach to IWRM through ACM.
The SNA resources listed in part 17. below will serve as the theoretical SNA basis of the
workshop. Ongoing SNA research being conducted as part of the principal investigator’s
dissertation case study of Bear Creek Watershed in integrated, watershed scale nutrient
management will serve as the basis for more practical aspects of the workshop, which will be
supplemented by research being conducted by other CSU teams in sociology, anthropology,
education, communications, and human dimensions of natural resources and a review of other
examples from the part 17. resource list. UCINET software main features and examples will
also be briefly covered based on research experience and related tips and caveats from its
several dedicated online communities.

Figure 1. Social Network Analysis Schematic demonstrating Key Concepts

Related research. Several key resources will be used in developing workshop materials:
Banathy, B. 1996. Designing social systems in a changing world. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Bodin, O. and B. Crona. 2009. The role of social networks in natural resource governance: What
relational patterns make a difference? Global Environmental Change 19 (2009): 366–374.

Bodin O. and C. Prell. eds. 2011. Social Networks and Natural Resource management:
Uncovering the Social Fabric of Environmental Governance. Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, UK.
Checkland, P. 1999. Systems Thinking, Systems Practice. In Soft Systems Methodology: a 30year Retrospective. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. NY.
Knoke, D. and S. Yang. 2007. Social Network Analysis, Series: Quantitative Applications in the
Social Sciences. Sage Publications, NY.
Ostrom, E. 2005. Understanding Institutional Diversity. Princeton University Press, Princeton,
NJ.
Plummer, R., B. Crona, D. Armitage, P. Olsson, M. Tengo, and O. Yundina. 2012. Adaptive
Comanagement: A Systematic Review and Analysis. Ecology and Society 17(2): 11.
Prell, C. 2012. Social Network Analysis: History, Theory, and Methodology. Sage Publications,
NY.
Rodela, R. 2012. The social learning discourse: Trends, themes and interdisciplinary influences
in current research. Environmental Science & Policy, 25 (January 2013): 157-166.
Walker, B., and D. Salt. 2012. Resilience Practice: Building capacity to absorb disturbance and
maintain function. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Wasserman, S. and K. Faust. 1994. Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Training potential. Since the Social Networking Analysis Techniques for Water Resources
Management workshop could be repeated at different interested universities and other settings
throughout Fall 2013 and beyond, training potential could be quite large, but as a minimum, a
single workshop would seek a minimum of twenty students in engineering, natural resources,
natural sciences, and agriculture colleges in a variety of disciplines through effective marketing.
Project Title:
Social Network Analysis Techniques for Water Resources Management Workshop
Student Attendance Goals
Workshop attendees #1-5
Workshop attendees #6-10
Workshop attendees #11-15
Workshop attendees #16-20
Undergraduate attendees
Faculty attendees

Classification
Masters and PhD
Masters and PhD
Masters and PhD
Masters and PhD
Sr. Undergrads
Interested Faculty

Area of Study (Discipline)
CSU College of Agricultural Sciences
CSU College of Engineering
CSU College of Natural Sciences
CSU College of Natural Resources
CSU Science and Engineering Depts.
CSU Science and Engineering Depts.

Investigator’s qualifications
Professor Labadie is currently Coordinator for the Water Resources Planning and Management
Division of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Labadie specializes in
application of decision support systems, mathematical programming, knowledge-based systems,
and geographic information systems to complex problems in water resources and environmental
management. He has served as principal or co-principal investigator for numerous research
projects totaling over $7 million in research funding from agencies including the Colorado
Agricultural Experiment Station, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S.
Department of Agriculture; U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and the
World Bank. Dr. Labadie has developed several important computer software packages currently
being applied by numerous agencies and organizations in the U.S. and abroad, including
MODSIM: Generalized River Basin Network Flow Model and CSUDP: Generalized Dynamic
Programming Package.

Budget Breakdown
Project Number: 2013CO289B
Project Title: Social Network Anlysis Technique for Water Resources Management Workshop
Cost Category
Federal Non-Federal Total
Principal Investigator(s) Salaries and Wages:
$0
$0
$0
Graduate Student(s) Salaries and Wages:
$0
$0
$0
Undergraduate Student(s) Salaries and Wages:
$4,075 $0
$4,075
Others: 0
$0
$0
$0
Total Salaries and Wages:
$4,075 $0
$4,075
Principal Investigator(s) Fringe Benefits:
$0
$0
$0
Graduate Student(s) Fringe Benefits:
$0
$0
$0
Undergraduate Student(s) Fringe Benefits:
$41
$0
$41
Others: None
$0
$0
$0
Total Fringe Benefits:
$41
$0
$41
Graduate Student(s) Tuition:
$0
$0
$0
Undergraduate Student(s) Tuition:
$0
$0
$0
Total Tuition:
$0
$0
$0
Supplies:
$40
$0
$40
Equipment:
$0
$0
$0
Services or Consultants:
$344
$0
$344
Travel:
$0
$0
$0
Other Direct Costs:
$0
$0
$0
Total Direct Costs:
$4,500 $0
$4,500
Indirect costs on federal share:
XXXXX $2,183
$2,183
Indirect costs on non-federal share:
XXXXX $0
$0
Total Estimated Costs:
$4,500 $2,183
$6,683
Total Costs at Institute host Colorado State University:
$4,500 $2,183
$6,683
Total Costs at other University
$0
$0
$0
Name of University: None

Budget Breakdown

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Budget Justification
Project Number: 2013CO289B
Project Title:
Social Network Anlysis Technique for Water Resources Management Workshop

Salaries and Wages for PIs. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate of compensation
proposed for each individual.
NA
Salaries and Wages for Graduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate
of compensation proposed for each individual. (Other forms of compensation paid as or in lieu of wages to
students performing necessary work are allowable provided that the other payments are reasonable
compensation for the work performed and are conditioned explicitly upon the performance of necessary
work. Also, note that tuition has its own category below and that health insurance, if provided, is to be
included under fringe benefits).
NA
Salaries and Wages for Undergraduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and
the rate of compensation proposed for each individual. (Other forms of compensation paid as or in lieu of
wages to students performing necessary work are allowable provided that the other payments are reasonable
compensation for the work performed and are conditioned explicitly upon the performance of necessary
work. Also, note that tuition has its own category below and that health insurance, if provided, is to be
included under fringe benefits).
163 hours @ $25 per hour for student employee salary.
Additional testing of SNA methods specifically for workshop purposes-12 hrs. SNA Workshop material
preparation and workshop-specific SNA research-70 hrs. SNA Workshop material review and refinement-20
hrs. SNA Workshop preparation / followup-8 hrs. SNA Workshop presentation-8 hrs. Final CWI Report with
Final Workshop Materials Packet, Newsletter article, etc.-45 hrs.
Salaries and Wages for Others. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate of
compensation proposed for each individual.
NA
Fringe Benefits for PIs. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of employee
proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
NA
Fringe Benefits for Graduate Students. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category
of employee proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
NA
Fringe Benefits for Undergraduate Students. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each
category of employee proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
Undergraduate Students Fringe 1.0%
Fringe Benefits for Others. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of employee
proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
NA
Tuition for Graduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, and amount of tuition remission proposed
for each individual.
NA
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Tuition for Undergraduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, and amount of tuition remission
proposed for each individual.
NA
Supplies. Indicate separately the amounts proposed for office, laboratory, computing, and field supplies.
Provide a breakdown of the supplies in each category.
$40 requested for UCINET software, one student copy.
Equipment. Identify non-expendable personal property having a useful life of more than one (1) year and an
acquisition cost of more than $5,000 per unit. If fabrication of equipment is proposed, list parts and materials
required for each, and show costs separately from the other items. A detailed breakdown is required.
NA
Services or Consultants. Identify the specific tasks for which these services, consultants, or subcontracts
would be used. Provide a detailed breakdown of the services or consultants to include personnel, time,
salary, supplies, travel, etc.
Workshop Setup and Recording-$344
Travel. Provide purpose and estimated costs for all travel. A breakdown should be provided to include
location, number of personnel, number of days, per diem rate, lodging rate, mileage and mileage rate, airfare
(whatever is applicable).
NA
Other Direct Costs. Itemize costs not included elsewhere, including publication costs. Costs for services and
consultants should be included and justified under Services or Consultants (above). Please provide a
breakdown for costs listed under this category.
NA
Indirect Costs. Provide negotiated indirect ( Facilities and Administration ) cost rate.
Colorado State University's negotiated indirect (Facilities and Administration) cost rate is 48.50% MTDC.

Budget Justification

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State:
Project Number:
Title:
Project Type:
Focus Category:
Keywords:
Start Date:
End Date:
Congressional
District:
PI:

CO
2013CO290B
Assessing the agronomic feasibility of partial and full season hay fallowing as part of a
Western Slope Water Bank
Research
Agriculture, Conservation, Irrigation
Irrigation, Fallowing, Water Bank
3/1/2013
2/28/2014
2nd
Brummer, Joe
email:[email protected]

Co-PI(s):

Abstract
Colorado River Compact compliance in partnership with the other three Upper Basin States is a topic of
growing concern within Colorado. Western Slope water users account for about 1.3 million acre feet of
Colorado River Basin (CRB) water of which about 1 million are pre-1922 and exempt from Colorado River
Compact administration. The populated Front Range diverts about a half-million acre feet of CRB water of
which the majority are junior rights to 1922. A possible curtailment scenario is Colorado’s post-1922 water
rights forgoing use (or a negotiated fraction) until all of the 75 million acre feet 10-year running average
non-depletion requirements to the Lower Division States are restored. A water bank approach might facilitate
this arrangement by brokering short-term leases of pre-1922 agricultural rights for temporary use by
post-1922 municipal and industrial - mostly Front Range - water right holders. Six irrigated alfalfa or grass
hayfield sites will be established in Western Colorado to test fallowing practices likely to be used for
generating conserved water for a future water bank. Testing of practices will be side-by-side with a control
treatment (i.e. limited or deficit irrigation treatments next to “fully irrigated” or “business-as-usual” irrigation
treatments). The test sites will be located throughout the Yampa, Colorado, and Gunnison River basins, an
area that includes about 360,000 acres of irrigated grass and/or alfalfa hay. A master’s level graduate student
will be recruited in the Soil and Crop Sciences Department at CSU and charged with answering three basic
questions about single season hay fallowing in the Upper Colorado River Basin: 1) What is the impact on hay
stand life, productivity, and quality due to a single-season fallowing? 2) What is the potential range of
marketable, saved (otherwise consumed) water per acre of single-season fully and partially fallowed hayfields
in Western Colorado? 3) Are there any environmental benefits or concerns to fallowing hay in Western
Colorado? For example, what are the implications for reducing in-stream salt and selenium concentrations in
Mancos shale areas? Does fallowing make hayfields prone to weed invasion? Agronomic responses will be
determined by measuring yield, species composition, ground cover, and forage quality. Soils will also be
sampled and analyzed to assess changes in soil moisture, impacts to soil health, and shifts in salt and selenium
on affected sites. Atmometers will be installed at each site to help estimate a range of water savings that might
be eligible for leasing through a future water bank. By answering the above three questions, hay producers as
well as proponents of water banking will have enough information available to confirm if this approach is
worth pursing as a method to free up water to meet compact obligations and/or other uses. There are other
questions that must be answered, but if the impacts to yield, forage quality, etc. are too severe or long lasting,
then hay producers will be reluctant to participate in a water banking program. Many Colorado CRB water
Abstract

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bank discussions focus on legal framework, administration logistics, and return flow effects. This study will
not focus on these aspects, only the agronomic implications.

Abstract

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WATER PROBLEM:
Under the 1922 Colorado River Compact, the four Upper Basin states – of which Colorado is
one – may not allow the flow at Lee’s Ferry to drop below a 10-year running average of 75
million acre-feet (MAF) or else be subject to curtailment. The current 10-year average is about
90 MAF, and while the threat of curtailment is not imminent, there is growing concern in
Colorado that a combination of factors1 may conspire to hasten the onset of curtailment2.
Plenty of uncertainty exists around how Colorado and the other three Upper Basin states would
respond to a curtailment or the increased risk of onset. A common idea is use of a water bank or
leasing arrangement between compact exempt pre-1922 water rights – most of which are western
slope agricultural rights – and post-1922 municipal water rights – most of which are in the “front
range,” a heavily populated ten-county region of the eastern slope.
Work on the administrative implications and legal challenges of such a bank has already
commenced. As far as the agronomic means to generate water for such a water bank, the longheld assumption has been that ground would be fallowed to some degree in a similar fashion to
the water leases or “fallowing agreements” found in California between large irrigation districts,
like Palo Verde, and municipalities like Los Angeles and San Diego.
The challenge for Western Colorado irrigators is that annual crops that are prevalent in the
Lower Basin states are outnumbered by perennial hay crops in terms of acreage and water
consumption. Limited research has commenced on the agronomic impact to alfalfa and grass hay
stands when strategically fallowed for the purpose of generating water for a bank. Results
suggest that water can definitely be generated, but how hay responds in ensuing years – when
full irrigation returns – remains unclear.
This research project does not attempt to answer any legal or water administration questions
associated with a Colorado water bank. Instead it deals with the agronomic response of various
hayfields in Western Colorado to being strategically fallowed in a manner consistent with
generating water for a bank. Basic assessments of water savings and environmental benefits are
also addressed in a complementary manner.

PROJECT BENEFITS:
One of the biggest questions for the irrigation community and water bank proponents is how to
account for (i.e. quantify) the incidental effects of withholding irrigation water from a hayfield.
Establishing agreeable terms for the water to be leased is academic in comparison to accounting
for incidental costs to the landowner due to fallowing hayfields. For example, is there a recovery
period when full irrigation is restored the following year or do yields bounce back immediately?
Will weed control be required? Also, many other agronomic factors such as elevation, soils, and
water availability vary regionally throughout the Western Slope; how might they be accounted
for when pooling irrigation water from different locations in Western Colorado?

1

These factors include the possibility of a new trans-mountain diversion project, full use of existing systems, new demands from
energy development including oil shale, growth in demands and water use with increased population, and reductions in available
supplies stemming from climate change.
2
Kuhn, E. 2012. Risk Management Strategies for the Upper Colorado River Basin. Colorado River District.

Consequently, the primary benefit this study will provide is a baseline of agronomic knowledge
for hayfield fallowing to complement the current and expanding examination of the legal,
engineering, and administrative hurdles of water banking.
OBJECTIVES AND TIMELINE:
This study will use a multiple site approach in achieving the following objectives:
1. Determine the impacts to forage yield and quality and associated recovery period for fallowed
and partially-fallowed alfalfa and grass hayfields in different regions of Western Colorado.
2. Refine our understanding of the amount of water that might be available for leasing through
fallowing of hayfields in Western Colorado.
3. Improve our understanding of potential environmental implications for fallowing hayfields,
especially in salt and selenium affected areas.
The project is designed as a two year project with potential to extend it to a third year should
funding be available and warranted. This full project proposal is for March 2013 to February
2014 funding only. Preliminary reporting of the 2013 project would be submitted in time to
support a second proposal for 2014.
Figure 1: 2013 Project Timeline
Project

Full
Proposal

2013
Year
Month Jan Feb

Student

Recruit/
Hire

Site
Selection,
Prep

Denotes fallowing period
Monitoring, Data Collection,
Preliminary Report

2nd
Year
Prep

Analysis,
Evaluation

Oct

Nov

1st Year
Report

Start
2nd
Year

2014
Mar

Apr

With CoPIs

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Summer on West Slope

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

With Co-PIs

Irrigation
High Elev
Low Elev
Samples
High Elev
Low Elev

Pre
Pre

Post

1
1

2

3

Post

METHODS AND PROCEDURES:
Six sites in the Upper Colorado River basin of Western Colorado will be selected to test the
agronomic responses associated with fallowing perennial alfalfa and grass hayfields (Table 3).
Three sites will be chosen in the lower parts of the basin to study the effects on alfalfa and three
will be chosen in the upper parts of the basin to study the effects on grass hay. Four of the sites
have already been selected with two yet to be determined.
In the spring of 2013, the project team will visit each site prior to irrigation commencing to
establish plots for the control (i.e. “business-as-usual”) and fallowing treatments (Figure 1). Hay
type and age will be identical between the two treatments. Ideally, treatment plots will be sideby-side using the same irrigation technology and source water, with similar acreage and soil
type. At this time, each site will be fitted with an atmometer for tracking evapotranspiration
which will be used as part of the equation to estimate conserved, otherwise consumed water. A

rain gauge and data logging temperature sensor will also be installed at each site to track these
important weather variables. Baseline soil samples will also be taken at this time from each
treatment (i.e. control and fallowed) at each site. A minimum of 15 soil cores will be taken per
treatment to a depth of 15 cm, composited, and air dried before sending to the lab for a routine
soil analysis.
Table 3: Proposed Study Sites
Site Name

Hay Type

Approximate
Hectares

Nearest
Town

Basin

Kehmeier Farm

Alfalfa

16

Eckert

(Lower) Gunnison

Western Colorado
Research Center

Alfalfa

1-3

Fruita

(Lower) Colorado

TBD

Alfalfa

Peterson Ranch

Grass

12

Gunnison

(Upper) Gunnison

Carpenter Ranch

Grass

12

Hayden

(Upper) Yampa

TBD

Grass

(Lower)

(Upper)

To implement the treatments, fields or sections of fields will be flagged where side-by-side
testing should be easiest to manage and stand health and soil type are reasonably consistent
across both treatments. The actual size and shape of treated areas will vary by site depending on
the size and shape of each individual producer’s field. Ideally, each treated area will be a
minimum of 2 ha in size. For the higher elevation (above 6500 ft) “mountain meadow” sites
where only one cutting of grass hay is usually taken, irrigation will be withheld for the entire
growing season on the fallow treated ground (i.e. full deficit, Figure 1). On the lower elevation
sites where alfalfa is being grown, the fallow treated ground will be irrigated up until the first
cutting (Figure 1 - light gray boxes) after which it will receive no additional irrigation water for
the rest of the season (i.e. partial deficit or limited irrigation). At all sites, the control treatment
will be irrigated based on each producer’s normal schedule. The amount of water applied at each
site will be estimated based on each producer’s irrigation records.
In 2014, full irrigation will be restored to ground fallowed in 2013, and continued on the
“business-as-usual” control treatments. The objective being to determine how well hay responds
after water is withheld for part or all of the previous growing season.
Prior to each cutting (1 for higher elevation and 3 to 4 for lower elevation sites), forage samples
will be taken within each treatment by hand clipping 8, 0.5 m2 quadrats to an 8 cm height
(approximate cutter-bar height). In addition, forage samples will be taken at the end of the
growing season to account for any regrowth that occurs following the last cutting of hay.
Samples will be bagged and dried in a forced-air oven for 72 hours, then weighed and converted
to yield per hectare. The samples will then be ground through a 2 mm screen using a Wiley mill
in preparation for forage quality analyses. Samples will be analyzed for crude protein, neutral
detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber, and neutral detergent fiber digestibility.

In addition to the baseline soil samples taken in the spring, each treatment will be sampled again
at the end of the growing season at each site using the same protocol as outlined above. Samples
will be analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity, organic matter content, and nitrogen,
phosphorus, and potassium concentrations. Samples from the lower basin sites will also be tested
for selenium concentration.
The impact on selenium and salinity in the lower basin will be estimated by first assuming a
nominal system efficiency (e.g. 50 percent for gated pipe surface irrigation) and deep percolation
fraction (e.g. 20 percent of the unconsumed portion). With these assumptions, the amount of
percolated irrigation water per unit area prevented through fallowing can be calculated. With
access to local United State Geological Survey (USGS) and Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) salt
and selenium loading rate estimates, tons of salt and pounds of selenium prevented from
groundwater transport to local waterways can also be estimated. Soil electrical conductivity on
soil samples in 2013 and 2014 will also reveal any salt encroachment problems into hay root
zones due to fallowing.
Model A3 atmometers will be installed at each site to account for reference evapotranspiration
(ETO). The values recorded during the fallowing period will be compared to full season ETO to
determine a likely range of marketable water and the proportion of full season ETO that is
potentially accounted for by fallowing. ETO values for the fallowing period will be grouped and
averaged by upper basin and lower basin sites. The seasonal ETO for 2013 for each of the two
elevation groups will then be compared to seasonal averages for ETO from previous years to
develop a range of conserved water yields based on climatic conditions.
All of the above measurements will be continued in 2014 to establish soil and crop responses and
account for water use when full irrigation is restored. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) will be
used to compare soil parameters from the spring samples with the fall samples to determine any
short-term impacts to the soil due to fallowing. Forage yield and quality will be compared
between the control and fallowed plots using ANOVA to determine the impact on these
parameters. The most meaningful comparisons will be able to be made after the 2014 growing
season when soil, forage, and water use parameters can be compared between the 2 years.
Reporting
A preliminary report of initial findings will be submitted in time to support a pre-proposal for a
second year’s worth of funding. This report will be completed and submitted immediately prior
to the deadline for 2014 pre-proposals (i.e. mid-September to mid-October).
A final and full report of 2013’s findings will be completed and submitted after the irrigation
season, prior to the completion of the full proposal (i.e. January to February 2014). The PI will
also lead an article on the project for the Colorado Water magazine during the 2013 project
period.

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Model E atmometers do have data logging capability, but also have a track record of being unreliable. Considering the
additional expense of Model E versus Model A, this project went with Model A atmometers.

RELATED RESEARCH:
Lindenmayer, R.B. 2008. Application of limited irrigation strategies in irrigated alfalfa. M.S.
Thesis, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO.
Lindenmayer, R.B., N.C. Hansen, and J.E. Brummer. 2011. Deficit irrigation of alfalfa for watersavings in the Great Plains and Inter-Mountain West: A review and analysis of the literature.
Agron. J. 103:45-50.
Reich, D. 2011-2013. Quantifying and Promoting Deficit Irrigation in Commercial Peach
Orchards of Western Colorado. DOI-Bureau of Reclamation. Water Conservation Field
Services Program; $24,787. With co-operation of Western Colorado Research Center and
Mesa Conservation District.
Reich, D. and C. Pearson. 2012-2015. Investigation of Water Savings, Water Quality benefits
and Profitability of Sub Surface Drip on Alfalfa in Grand Valley. CWCB- Alternative to
Agricultural Water Transfer Methods and WSRA (Colorado RT); $8,841(AAWTM) +
$46,894(WSRA).
TRAINING POTENTIAL:
Students Name
Lyndsay Jones

Classification
(Undergrad, Masters, Ph.D.)
Masters

Area of Study (Discipline)
Soil and Crop Sciences

INVESTIGATOR’S QUALIFICATIONS FOR
JOE E. BRUMMER
ADDRESS Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Colorado State University
1170 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1170

PHONE (970) 491-4988
EMAIL [email protected]

EDUCATION
1994 Ph.D. in Agronomy, Major-Range Management, University of Nebraska
1986 M.S. in Agronomy, Major-Range Management, Oklahoma State University
1984 B.S. in Range Science, Major-Range Ecology, Colorado State University
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2005-Present Associate Professor/Extension Forage Specialist, Soil and Crop Sciences,
Colorado State University
2003-2005
Research Scientist/Scholar III, Forage Production, Colorado State University
2002-2003
Research Scientist/Scholar III/Superintendent, Forage Production, Colorado
State University
1994-2002
Research Scientist/Superintendent, Forage Production, Colorado State
University
OTHER POSITIONS
1987-94 Range Research Coordinator, University of Nebraska, North Platte, Nebraska
1986-87 Research Associate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
1984-86 Graduate Research Assistant, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
1983-84 Student Research Technician, Economic Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado
1981
Research Assistant, Colorado State University, Springfield, Colorado
1980
Research Assistant, Colorado State University, Springfield, Colorado
CURRENT JOB DESCRIPTION
Have statewide responsibilities in the area of forage production and management with 45%
of my time dedicated to research, 35% to extension outreach activities, and 20% to teaching.
COURSES TAUGHT
Forage and Pasture Management (SOCR 320) - Every spring
Integrated Forage Management (AGRI 635) - Every fall (Online), spring (Two week short
course)
Managing for Ecosystem Sustainability (AGRI 632) - Every fall
HONORS AND AWARDS
2008
Certificate of Appreciation for 2 years of service as a member of the Board of
Directors, Colorado Section Society for Range Management.
2004
Valued Friendship Award, Gunnison County Stockgrowers, Gunnison, Colo.
2002
Certificate of Recognition for 4 years of service to the Society for Range
Management as Associate Editor of the Journal of Range Management.
2000
Certificate of Appreciation for 2 years of service as a member of the Board of
Directors, Colorado Section Society for Range Management.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Member of the Society for Range Management since 1984 - Active member of the
Colorado Section
- Executive secretary and proceeding editor for the High Altitude Revegetation Committee
since 2008
- Member and chairman of the Western Education/Extension and Research Activity
Committee (WERA 1014), Intensive Pasture Management for Sustainable Livestock
Production in the Western US, since 2008
GRANTS RECEIVED (As PI or Co-PI, Last 5 years)
2012
$ 25,000
2011
$1,617,385
2010
$1,069,260
2009
$ 236,976
2008
$ 146,684
PUBLICATION SUMMARY
Refereed Journal Articles = 24
Non-Refereed Proceedings = 28
Manuals = 2

Technical/Progress Reports = 68
Published Abstracts = 51
Extension Publications = 23

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Brummer, J.E., G.E. Shewmaker, and C.L. Engel. 2012. Challenges and benefits of interseeding
legumes into grass dominated stands. In: Proceedings of the 5th National Conference on
Grazing Lands, December 9-12, 2012, Orlando, FL.
Brummer, J.E., M. Volt, and A.W. Cooley. 2011. Irrigated hay production, p. 81-85. In: C.H.
Pearson, J.E. Brummer, B. Hammon, and M.L. Franklin (eds), Intermountain Grass and
Legume Forage Production Manual (2nd ed), Colo. Agri. Exp. Stat. Tech Bull. TB11-02,
Colo. State Univ., Fort Collins, CO.
Hurisso, T.T., J.G. Davis, J.E. Brummer, M.E. Stromberger, M.M. Mikha, M.L. Haddix, M.R.
Booher, and E.A. Paul. 2013. Rapid changes in microbial biomass and aggregate size
distribution in response to changes in organic matter management in grass pasture. Geoderma
193-194:68-75.
Meiman, P.J., N.R. Davis, J.E. Brummer, and J.A. Ippolito. 2012. Riparian shrub metal
concentrations and growth in amended fluvial mine tailings. Water, Air, Soil Pollut.
223:1815-1828.
Smith, M.L., P.J. Meiman, and J.E. Brummer. 2012. Characteristics of hummocked and nonhummocked Colorado riparian areas and wetlands. Wetlands Ecol. Manage. 20:409-418.
Hurisso, T.T., J.G. Davis, J.E. Brummer, M.E. Stromberger, F.H. Stonaker, B.C. Kondratieff,
M.R. Booher, and D.A. Goldhamer. 2011. Earthworm abundance and species composition in
organic forage production systems of northern Colorado receiving different soil amendments.
Appl. Soil Ecol. 48:219-226.
Temple. D.G., J.E. Brummer, and D.H. Smith. 2011. Use of alternative temperature expressions
with Blaney-Criddle. J. Irrig. Drain. Eng. 137:573- 584.
Lindenmayer, R.B., N.C. Hansen, and J.E. Brummer. 2011. Deficit irrigation of alfalfa for watersavings in the Great Plains and Inter-Mountain West: A review and analysis of the literature.
Agron. J. 103:45-50.

Budget Breakdown
Project
Number:

2013CO290B

Assessing the agronomic feasibility of partial and full season hay fallowing as part of a
Western Slope Water Bank
Cost Category
Federal Non-Federal Total
Principal Investigator(s) Salaries and Wages:
$0
$0
$0
Graduate Student(s) Salaries and Wages:
$19,030 $0
$19,030
Undergraduate Student(s) Salaries and Wages:
$0
$0
$0
Others: 0
$0
$0
$0
Total Salaries and Wages:
$19,030 $0
$19,030
Principal Investigator(s) Fringe Benefits:
$0
$0
$0
Graduate Student(s) Fringe Benefits:
$970
$0
$970
Undergraduate Student(s) Fringe Benefits:
$0
$0
$0
Others: None
$0
$0
$0
Total Fringe Benefits:
$970
$0
$970
Graduate Student(s) Tuition:
$0
$0
$0
Undergraduate Student(s) Tuition:
$0
$0
$0
Total Tuition:
$0
$0
$0
Supplies:
$0
$0
$0
Equipment:
$0
$0
$0
Services or Consultants:
$0
$0
$0
Travel:
$0
$0
$0
Other Direct Costs:
$0
$0
$0
Total Direct Costs:
$20,000 $0
$20,000
Indirect costs on federal share:
XXXXX $9,700
$9,700
Indirect costs on non-federal share:
XXXXX $0
$0
Total Estimated Costs:
$20,000 $9,700
$29,700
Total Costs at Institute host Colorado State University:
$20,000 $9,700
$29,700
Total Costs at other University
$0
$0
$0
Name of University: None
Project Title:

Budget Breakdown

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Budget Justification
Project
Number:

2013CO290B

Project Title:

Assessing the agronomic feasibility of partial and full season hay fallowing as part of a
Western Slope Water Bank

Salaries and Wages for PIs. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate of compensation
proposed for each individual.
NA
Salaries and Wages for Graduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate
of compensation proposed for each individual. (Other forms of compensation paid as or in lieu of wages to
students performing necessary work are allowable provided that the other payments are reasonable
compensation for the work performed and are conditioned explicitly upon the performance of necessary
work. Also, note that tuition has its own category below and that health insurance, if provided, is to be
included under fringe benefits).
Graduate Research Assistant: 12 months @ $1,586/month = $19,030
Salaries and Wages for Undergraduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and
the rate of compensation proposed for each individual. (Other forms of compensation paid as or in lieu of
wages to students performing necessary work are allowable provided that the other payments are reasonable
compensation for the work performed and are conditioned explicitly upon the performance of necessary
work. Also, note that tuition has its own category below and that health insurance, if provided, is to be
included under fringe benefits).
NA
Salaries and Wages for Others. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate of
compensation proposed for each individual.
NA
Fringe Benefits for PIs. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of employee
proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
NA
Fringe Benefits for Graduate Students. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category
of employee proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
Graduate Students Fringe 5.10%
Fringe Benefits for Undergraduate Students. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each
category of employee proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
NA
Fringe Benefits for Others. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of employee
proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
NA
Tuition for Graduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, and amount of tuition remission proposed
for each individual.
NA
Tuition for Undergraduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, and amount of tuition remission
proposed for each individual.
Budget Justification

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NA
Supplies. Indicate separately the amounts proposed for office, laboratory, computing, and field supplies.
Provide a breakdown of the supplies in each category.
NA
Equipment. Identify non-expendable personal property having a useful life of more than one (1) year and an
acquisition cost of more than $5,000 per unit. If fabrication of equipment is proposed, list parts and materials
required for each, and show costs separately from the other items. A detailed breakdown is required.
NA
Services or Consultants. Identify the specific tasks for which these services, consultants, or subcontracts
would be used. Provide a detailed breakdown of the services or consultants to include personnel, time,
salary, supplies, travel, etc.
NA
Travel. Provide purpose and estimated costs for all travel. A breakdown should be provided to include
location, number of personnel, number of days, per diem rate, lodging rate, mileage and mileage rate, airfare
(whatever is applicable).
NA
Other Direct Costs. Itemize costs not included elsewhere, including publication costs. Costs for services and
consultants should be included and justified under Services or Consultants (above). Please provide a
breakdown for costs listed under this category.
NA
Indirect Costs. Provide negotiated indirect ( Facilities and Administration ) cost rate.
Colorado State University's negotiated indirect (Facilities and Administration) cost rate is 48.50% MTDC.

Budget Justification

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State:
Project Number:
Title:
Project Type:
Focus Category:
Keywords:
Start Date:
End Date:
Congressional District:
PI:

CO
2013CO292B
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Information Transfer
None
Technology Transfer, Information Dissemination
3/1/2013
2/28/2014
4th
Waskom, Reagan
Director, Colorado State University
email:[email protected]
phone:970 491-6308

Co-PI(s):

Abstract
Technology transfer activities of CWI rely heavily on the sponsorship and participation in various water
meetings across Colorado by the director, the publication of Colorado Water, the bimonthly newsletter, and
the various web pages where research results and other archives are available to the public. Engaging other
University faculty to participate in these activities has always been an objective and a challenge for CWI.
With current state and federal funding and new PIs this year, CWI will have the opportunity to infuse new
research topics and new faculty faces in the water conversations around Colorado. Our newsletter, research
reports and web pages will be used to keep the University contributions before the water management
community. The Interbasin Compact Commission wants to make use of CWI webpages to promote water
education activities and events, requiring us to renew our commitment to keeping these pages current.
Participation in various regional conversations about water will be an important activity for the director of
CWI. The Colorado legislature has mandated specified roundtables to discuss water policy and water use
within the state. These roundtables frequently make use of the expertise and research results from the CWI
community of scholars. The directors presence, or the presence of an appropriate expert, will be requested at
various meetings this year, and CWI assistance with travel expenses will be an important encouragement to
accomplish this interaction.

Abstract

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Colorado Water Institute
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
The Colorado Water Institute (CWI) technology transfer activities include publishing the bimonthly newsletter, Colorado Water, as well as various websites and report series. This
information is available to keep the water community and general public informed. The report
series consist of Completion Reports that are published at the end of each research project and
include all required deliverables specific to the research project. The Information Reports
provide information on special topics, such as water related conferences. Technical Reports
provide details regarding research and findings on a stated subject matter. Special Reports are
publications of interest to the Colorado water community, sometimes best management
practices for specific segments of water users or histories of water in Colorado. Special Reports
are published periodically as our clients or interest groups require or provide them. Public
education pieces called Water in the Balance are topics of general interest and are written for a
non-technical audience. All publications are available to the public through the CWI online
archive, and CWI often receives requests for this electronic information.
The Colorado Legislature has mandated research and specific roundtables to facilitate
discussion of water policy and water use within the state. Expertise and research from the CWI
community of scholars is frequently called upon. For this reason, the CWI online information
database has become an important asset for the water community that must be monitored and
updated as new information becomes available.

Budget Breakdown
Project Number: 2013CO292B
Project Title: Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination
Cost Category
Federal
Principal Investigator(s) Salaries and Wages:
$0
Graduate Student(s) Salaries and Wages:
$0
Undergraduate Student(s) Salaries and Wages:
$20,817
Others: 0
$0
Total Salaries and Wages:
$20,817
Principal Investigator(s) Fringe Benefits:
$0
Graduate Student(s) Fringe Benefits:
$0
Undergraduate Student(s) Fringe Benefits:
$208
Others: Fringe Benefits
$0
Total Fringe Benefits:
$208
Graduate Student(s) Tuition:
$0
Undergraduate Student(s) Tuition:
$0
Total Tuition:
$0
Supplies:
$0
Equipment:
$0
Services or Consultants:
$0
Travel:
$0
Other Direct Costs:
$0
Total Direct Costs:
$21,025
Indirect costs on federal share:
XXXXX
Indirect costs on non-federal share:
XXXXX
Total Estimated Costs:
$21,025
Total Costs at Institute host Colorado State University:
$21,025
Total Costs at other University
$0
Name of University: None

Budget Breakdown

Non-Federal
$0
$0
$0
$45,647
$45,647
$0
$0
$0
$11,000
$11,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$56,647
$10,197
$27,474
$94,318
$94,318
$0

Total
$0
$0
$20,817
$45,647
$66,464
$0
$0
$208
$11,000
$11,208
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$77,672
$10,197
$27,474
$115,343
$115,343
$0

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Budget Justification
Project Number: 2013CO292B
Project Title:
Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination

Salaries and Wages for PIs. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate of compensation
proposed for each individual.
NA
Salaries and Wages for Graduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate
of compensation proposed for each individual. (Other forms of compensation paid as or in lieu of wages to
students performing necessary work are allowable provided that the other payments are reasonable
compensation for the work performed and are conditioned explicitly upon the performance of necessary
work. Also, note that tuition has its own category below and that health insurance, if provided, is to be
included under fringe benefits).
NA
Salaries and Wages for Undergraduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and
the rate of compensation proposed for each individual. (Other forms of compensation paid as or in lieu of
wages to students performing necessary work are allowable provided that the other payments are reasonable
compensation for the work performed and are conditioned explicitly upon the performance of necessary
work. Also, note that tuition has its own category below and that health insurance, if provided, is to be
included under fringe benefits).
$20,817 - 1,040.85 hours up to $20/hour for student hourly and IT student hourly employees.
Salaries and Wages for Others. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate of
compensation proposed for each individual.
Admin Pro: $45,647 as appropriate for outreach and educational efforts related to research output.
Preparation and distribution of the CWI newsletter, which includes writing and editing articles, desktop
publishing, and preparing publications for website, responding to email and website requests for information,
and supervising student hourly/work-study positions.
Fringe Benefits for PIs. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of employee
proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
NA
Fringe Benefits for Graduate Students. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category
of employee proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
NA
Fringe Benefits for Undergraduate Students. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each
category of employee proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
Undergraduate Students Fringe 1.0%
Fringe Benefits for Others. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of employee
proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
Admin Pro: 24.10%
Tuition for Graduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, and amount of tuition remission proposed
for each individual.
NA
Tuition for Undergraduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, and amount of tuition remission
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proposed for each individual.
NA
Supplies. Indicate separately the amounts proposed for office, laboratory, computing, and field supplies.
Provide a breakdown of the supplies in each category.
NA
Equipment. Identify non-expendable personal property having a useful life of more than one (1) year and an
acquisition cost of more than $5,000 per unit. If fabrication of equipment is proposed, list parts and materials
required for each, and show costs separately from the other items. A detailed breakdown is required.
NA
Services or Consultants. Identify the specific tasks for which these services, consultants, or subcontracts
would be used. Provide a detailed breakdown of the services or consultants to include personnel, time,
salary, supplies, travel, etc.
NA
Travel. Provide purpose and estimated costs for all travel. A breakdown should be provided to include
location, number of personnel, number of days, per diem rate, lodging rate, mileage and mileage rate, airfare
(whatever is applicable).
NA
Other Direct Costs. Itemize costs not included elsewhere, including publication costs. Costs for services and
consultants should be included and justified under Services or Consultants (above). Please provide a
breakdown for costs listed under this category.
NA
Indirect Costs. Provide negotiated indirect ( Facilities and Administration ) cost rate.
Colorado State University's negotiated indirect (Facilities and Administration) cost rate is 48.50% MTDC.

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Budget Summary Table
Project ID

Primary
PI

Salaries
and Wages
Fed

Reagan
2013CO-ADMIN M.
Waskom

Fringe
Benefits

Tuition

Supplies

Equipment

Services
and
Consultants

Total
Direct
Costs

Other
Costs

Travel

Match Fed Match Fed Match Fed Match Fed Match Fed Match Fed Match Fed Match Fed

Indirect
Costs

Estimated
Total Costs

Match Fed Match Fed

Match

$3,000

$0

$30

$0

$0

$0

$2,970

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$2,000

$0

$2,000

$0

$10,000

$0

$0

$4,850

$10,000

$4,850

$4,075

$0

$41

$0

$0

$0

$40

$0

$0

$0

$344

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$4,500

$0

$0

$2,183

$4,500

$2,183

2013CO289B

John W.
Labadie

2013CO290B

Joe
Brummer

$19,030

$0

$970

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$20,000

$0

$0

$9,700

$20,000

$9,700

2013CO292B

Reagan
M.
Waskom

$20,817

$45,647

$208

$11,000

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$21,025

$56,647

$0

$37,671

$21,025

$94,318

$46,922

$45,647

$1,249

$11,000

$0

$0

$3,010

$0

$0

$0

$344

$0

$2,000

$0

$2,000

$0

$55,525

$56,647

$0

$54,404

$55,525

$111,051

Total