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<br />Section 2 <br />Reports From Basin Roundtables <br />II11 <br /> <br />. SWSI fails to address water consumption required for <br />energy development. <br /> <br />. Minimum stream flows should address the variations <br />in hydrology that occur during wet and dry years. <br /> <br />. Rapid growth throughout Colorado and lack of <br />available supplies or storage are significant <br />challenges to meeting current and future water needs. <br /> <br />. Recreation and the environment are key drivers in the <br />basin and are important for economic health and <br />quality of life. <br /> <br />. Agriculture is important in the basin, especially in the <br />lower basin (Grand Valley). <br /> <br />. The success of the Endangered Species program is <br />critical to help protect current and future water use. <br /> <br />. There is concern over a potential compact shortage <br />during severe and sustained drought and potential <br />impacts to in-basin supplies. <br /> <br />. The development of water rights associated with <br />transbasin projects are a concern and their effect on <br />in-basin supplies must be considered. <br /> <br />2-4 <br /> <br />S:\IBC Support\Report to Legislature\Section 2 finaLdoc <br />