BOARD00046 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 9/20/2006
• Description: IWM & D Section - Western Governors Association Report - Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

pursue. Thu~, ~I,ilC ~'f(II.nh m'iO'I~'\:mcnl smIlCJ..'1cS
shoul,l rl'n'}.:nile and I.lh' full adVanlA!-'\: of Ihe pOll'n-
lial uf \\'aler~hcd effort~ In ,1(';\1 ('f(('C1ivel\' Wilh issues
.ls~on,lted \Io11h /o:rowlh.

I.e. In rcvicwin,,:; applicalions for new w;lIer woes,
Ir;lnsfc'l"l and chall/.:es in lise, indudin/o: in.
stream flnws, slalc!! should con!!idl'r local,
nih;11 ;lIul walc'l"lhed pLlIls ;Ind decisions
feJ;:arllin/.: /.:tflwth II\;1n;lI.....'"1.1II.

Since ,hi' ~t.llc"S r"le IS 10 ('ncoun~'t" and as'lsl
lucal c'lInmUntlles l"l:j{,mllll){fo:T<lWlh rnana)o:ellll'llI, then
dcclSlolls T(';lCht.(1 hy lucd, Irih;d, ;lIld W'"1"~heJ I'om-
munilies sh"ulJ hI' j.\1vl'n consldl"rahle w('ighf III ,I'~ll'r
lll111lllg wh"lht'r nt'\\ appliC:lliUlls 10 ;ll'prupn;III' Woller,
fir II) fr;l!1~fcr nislm!<: n.L:hls, mcluding for mSlrl',1Il1
tlow PUrp<l""S, ;Itl' III Ihe puhlK lOInI'M. Prn\iding
'''lpl1l"1l ;Iulhomy 10 w.lIc'r oltici.ds fO do so, when con"
si,krin~ puhlic Inlen'SI m-ells and wilhin Ihl' fr-.IIl'M.:'

work of a cumprc'hl'nsi\e ...:ruwlh man,I~'t"ml'nt Mr-.lI-
cgy. would bc: an "ppropriale slep Irllhis dirt'Cllon"

J.D, Stal('s ;lIul ICICal gO\'c:nllllents should con-
silkr the: impacu of cfllllilltlC'd g-mwlh IhM
rdies Oil mlll!!fc'r!! fmlll ;tg'rkuhure: and rural
areas, ;lnd idemif)" fC:<l~ih]e: alll'malin'li 10
thosl'lt;lIlSfl'N,

Thl'n: i~ underslillldahte support (or I!ll' notion of
;alJowi~ markets 10 OperJle 10 fKilil,ile lransfers from
'l~t1cuhut;d III mururip;L1 'Itltlllrh.1Il u'< as ;( 1T'll',ms 10
:lCcommo,lale thl' tk'l,tls of ;l ~rowin~ poput,"I<Ill"
\\nile such lransfl"r' h;a\"l" much III COlllOll'nd lhl'rn.
Ihlrd parly imparts ~ho\l]d he: I"k1'n inlo ;1l;-t.""Unl, 111-
dUt!iII!<:'llln'rsc'effl'Clsllnrur;dc(lmmulllllc'sJlltll'll\-j
t"nJnelllal \".utl....s" .\hl'rnJl1\-cs lh.1t olUld rl',\S1lnahly
;I\'oid suc"h ..(ker",: Imp.ll"ls should lx' idrnllljrd.