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<br />003092 <br /> <br />PAGE 3 <br /> <br />HILL INCLUDE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS BETHEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE <br />SECTORS. BUT ALL ARE IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF COLORADO, AND I <br />THINK THEY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. <br /> <br />FIRST, COLORADO SHOULD CONSIDER A STATEHIDE HATER CONSERVATION <br />PROGRAM. CONSERVATION IS SOMETHING TO HHICH HE USUALLY ONLY PAY LIP <br />SERVICE. BUT IN OUR ARID CLIMATE IT TRUELY MUST BECOME A HAY OF <br />LIFE. MY OFFICE IS HORKING HITH HATER PROVIDERS IN THE METROPOLITAN <br />AREA ON A BASIC, METROWIDE WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM AS ONE <br />CONDITION OF THE THO FORKS PERMIT. BUT HE NEED TO PROMOTE A <br />CONSERVATION ETHIC THROUGHOUT THE STATE, NOT JUST IN THE METRO AREA. <br /> <br />THEREFORE. I BELIEVE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHOULD CONSIDER A MINIMUM <br />STATEHIDE WATER CONSERVATION STANDARD. I AM NOT SPEAKING OF DRASTIC <br />MEASURES OR OF DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS. I AM SPEAKING OF A <br />UNIVERSAL PROGRAM HHICH, HHILE NOT ENTAILING DRASTIC LIFESTYLE <br />CHANGES, WILL RESULT IN COLORADANS USING HATER MORE EFFICIENTLY. <br />FOR INSTANCE. MASSACHUSETTS. HHICH IS NOT AN ARID STATE, HAS A NEH <br />LAW REQUIRING LOW-FLOW FIXTURES AND OTHER MEASURES TO REDUCE HATER <br />CONSUMPTION. I BELIEVE IT HOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO CONSIDER SIMILAR <br />LEGISLATION WHICH COULD BE APPLICABLE ACROSS COLORADO. <br /> <br />SECOND, I BELIEVE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHOULD INVESTIGATE HAYS TO <br />ENCOURAGE HATER SAVINGS IN THE STATE'S AGRICUL TURE SECTOR. <br />AGRICULTURE USES THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR HATER, AND THUS THE <br />POTENTIAL FOR SAVINGS ARE TREMENDOUS. YET OUR CURRENT SYSTEM <br />