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Shared Use Strategies (Other than Ag/Urban Transfers or Interbasin <br />Transfers) <br />? <br /> (1) Challenge of competing interests and their relative resources to fight for their <br />interests <br />? <br /> (2) How can we all cooperate to use our water wisely, be collaborat ors instead of <br />arch enemies? <br />? <br /> (4) Maximize the existing uses through uniform & fair application of water law <br />? <br /> (3) Maximize use of water in the basin <br />? <br /> More efficient use of existing water rights/storage, etc. <br />? <br /> Exchanges to share use of resources <br />New 3: <br /> Maximiz e water available in the basin through efficient use and exchanges <br /> <br />Sufficient Urban Water Supply <br />? <br /> Acquisition of additional water rights for municipalities (assess possibilities for <br />funding to pay for purchases) <br />? <br /> Assure urban M&I needs with minimal impact on agriculture <br />? <br /> Availability of water <br />? <br /> Highest need is municipal, vs. agriculture and industrial (Comment: Value <br />judgment, rewrite/delete?) <br />? <br /> M&I <br />? <br /> Meet municipal demand for growth, including Fort Carson <br />? <br /> Providing sustainable supplies for cities <br />? <br /> Assure urban M& I needs with minimal impact on agriculture <br />? <br /> Insure sufficient urban water supply while minimizing negative impacts on ag <br /> <br />Conservation/Reuse — Municipal and Industrial <br />? <br />Orange <br /> Basin wide standards for residential and industrial <br />? <br />Red <br /> Conservation <br />? <br />Red <br /> Conservatio n practice improvements <br />? <br /> Incentive/penalty systems — if builders waste, don’t get taps <br />? <br />Orange/Red <br /> Need to recycle water within cities <br />? <br />Red <br /> Push water conservation <br />? <br />Black <br /> Seek new water supplies through conservation <br />? <br /> Waste of water in landscaping yards <br />Orange <br /> M aximize water conservation through regulatory programs <br />Red <br />Maximize water conservation through voluntary programs <br />Black <br /> Reduce need for new water through conservation <br /> <br />Control Municipal Growth <br />? <br /> Get the state of Colorado to recognize the need to address (or control ) growth <br />by . Water is moving to large populations. s tudy ing what effect s the growth <br />demands of larger municipal areas’ growth have on other communities . exporting <br />water to them <br />? <br /> We needn’t limit Ark Basin futures by filling urban center future needs <br />? <br /> <br />Determine future optimum and reasonable expectations of <br />growth and water needs in the basin (Moved) <br /> 6 <br />