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Living in the Rocky Mountain West, 2025: <br />Water Survey <br />“ Water <br />Sustainability ” <br />(41% of South Platte) <br />High Priority: Low Priority: <br />Maintain water quantity Streamline water <br />? ? <br />and quality. development process. <br />Connect land use and <br />? <br />water planning. <br />Federal regs that impede <br />? <br />Address water quality solving state problems. <br />? <br />and water together. <br />Protect quality of surface <br />Transfer water to high <br />? <br />? <br />and groundwater. <br />growth areas. <br />Meet all water needs: <br />? <br />? <br />consumptive <br />? <br />environmental <br />? <br />recreational <br />Incorporate water quality <br />? <br />protection in water <br />allocations. <br />Conservation & <br />? <br />efficiency in existing <br />water user operations. <br />“ Institutional <br />Streamlining ” <br />(No basin dominates) <br />High Priority: <br />Low Priority: <br />Institutional responses to <br />Ensure adequate streamflow and <br />? <br />? <br />political and legal barriers. <br />reservoir levels for recreation. <br />Balance groundwater <br />Accommodate urban growth <br />? <br />? <br />shortages with surface <br />without harming agriculture. <br />water demands. <br />RISD in statutes. <br />? <br />Streamline water <br />? <br />Change water law, policy, or <br />? <br />development process. <br />management practices to address <br />Federal regs that impede <br />environmental needs. <br />? <br />solving state problems. <br />Effective partnerships to <br />? <br />solve problems. <br />Prepare for future droughts. <br />? <br />Conservation & efficiency in <br />? <br />existing water user <br />operations. <br />Colorado Institute of Public Policy at CSU 17 <br />