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What’s Important to Coloradans in Water Management? <br /> <br />Sustainably Meet Municipal & Sustainably Meet Municipal & <br />Industrial Demands Industrial Demands <br />Sustainably Meet Agricultural Demands Sustainably Meet Agricultural Demands <br />Optimize Existing and Future Optimize Existing and Future <br />Water Supplies Water Supplies <br />Enhance Recreational Opportunities Enhance Recreational Opportunities <br />SWSI SWSI <br />SWSI SWSI <br />Objectives Objectives <br />Objectives Objectives <br />Provide for Environmental Enhancement Provide for Environmental Enhancement <br />Promote Cost Effectiveness Promote Cost Effectiveness <br />Protect Cultural Values Protect Cultural Values <br />Provide for Operational Flexibility Provide for Operational Flexibility <br />Comply with All Applicable Laws, Comply with All Applicable Laws, <br />Regulations, and Water Rights Regulations, and Water Rights <br />11 <br />South Platte Basin <br />• Competition for water is fierce and it is unclear <br />how much competition there is for the same <br />water supplies. <br />• Transfers of agricultural water rights to M&I use <br />will continue to be a significant option for <br />meeting future needs. <br />South Platte <br />South Platte <br />• There is support for a market for agricultural <br />water transfers but concerns over impacts to <br />rural communities from water transfers are a key <br />concern. <br />• Water reuse and conservation are major <br />components to meeting future water needs but <br />this will put added pressure on agriculture as <br />return flows diminish. <br />• The urban landscape is very important to the <br />economy and an important component to quality <br />of life. <br />12 <br />6 <br />