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<br />Colorado Basin Water Supply <br />and Needs Report <br /> <br />7.4.1 Colorado River Compact Analysis and Potential for Development of <br />Additional Supplies ........................................................................................ 7-18 <br /> <br />Section 8 Options for the Colorado Basin <br /> <br />8.1 Methods Employed to Assess Water Needs .............................................................................8-1 <br />8.2 Implications of Uncertainty in Identified Projects/Processes and Existing Supplies .................. 8-2 <br />8.3 Identified Projects and Processes in the Colorado Basin .......................................................... 8-3 <br />8.3.1 Identified Projects and Processes for M&I, SSI, and Agricultural Users................... 8-6 <br />8.4 Specific Issues in the Colorado Basin..................................................................................... 8-13 <br />8.4.1 Conditional Storage Rights..................................................................................... 8-13 <br />8.4.2 Gap Analysis Issues............................................................................................... 8-13 <br />8.4.3 Supply Availability Issues .... .... .... ........ .... ......... .... .... ........ .... .... ........ .... .... ......... .....8-14 <br />8.4.4 Summary of Colorado Basin Conditional Storage Rights....................................... 8-14 <br />8.4.5 Summary of Restricted Reservoirs and Potential Storage Sites ............................8-18 <br />8.5 Environmental and Recreational Options................................................................................ 8-18 <br />8.5.1 Overview of Environmental and Recreational Options............................................ 8-18 <br />8.5.2 Existing Statewide Environmental and Recreational Options................................. 8-20 <br />8.5.3 Possible Future Statewide Environmental and Recreational Options ..................... 8-20 <br />8.6 Potential Options for Addressing Remaining Water Needs and Enhancements .....................8-22 <br /> <br />Section 9 Options for Meeting Future Water Needs <br />9.1 Developing Options for F utu re Water Needs............................................................................. 9-1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />9.2 Families of Options.................................................................................................................... 9-1 <br /> <br /> <br />9.2.1 Conservation............................................................................................................. 9-2 <br /> <br /> <br />9.2.1.1 Municipal and Industrial Water Conservation.......................................... 9-2 <br />9.2.1.2 Evaluating New Supply from M&I Water Conservation ........................... 9-5 <br />9.2.1.3 Agricultural Conservation (Efficiency Improvements) .............................9-6 <br />9.2.2 Agricu Itu ral Transfers................................................................................................ 9-7 <br />9.2.2.1 Permanent Agricultural Transfers ...........................................................9-8 <br />9.2.2.2 Interruptible Agricultural Transfers .......................................................... 9-9 <br />9.2.2.3 Rotating Agricultural Transfers with Storage to Firm Agricultural <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Demands .......................................................................................... 9-9 <br /> <br /> <br />9.2.2.4 Water Bank ......... .... ............ .... ............ .... ............ .... ......... .... ..............9-10 <br /> <br /> <br />9.2.3 Development of Additional Storage ........................................................................ 9-11 <br />9.2.3.1 New Storage Projects ...........................................................................9-11 <br />9.2.3.2 Expansion of Existing Storage Facilities ...............................................9-12 <br />9.2.4 Conjunctive Use of Surface Water and Groundwater ............................................. 9-13 <br />9.2.4.1 Bedrock Aquifer Conjunctive Use .........................................................9-13 <br />9.2.4.2 Alluvial Aquifer Conjunctive Use ...........................................................9-14 <br />9.2.5 Municipal and Industrial Reuse............................................................................... 9-15 <br />9.2.5.1 M&I Reuse by Water Rights Exchanges ............................................... 9-15 <br />9.2.5.2 Non-potable Reuse............................................................................... 9-16 <br />9.2.6 Control of Non-Native Phreatophytes .....................................................................9-18 <br /> <br />CDIVI <br /> <br />S:\ 1177\BASI N REPORTS\COLORADO\ TOC _ COLORADO.DOC <br /> <br />iii <br />