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<br />Section 1 <br />Workshop Goals and Objectives <br /> <br />The Water Conservation Workshops were conceived to provide a consistent set of information to <br />Colorado~s water community regarding water conservation planning and implementation. ;orhe <br />Workshops were conducted by meshing standardized lectures regarding State planning <br />requirements and guidelines with locally driven content. Great Western Institute and our project <br />partners. (Colorado WaterWise Council and Western Resource Advocates) functioned as both <br />program developers and facilitators - working with the local commwrity to develop individualized <br />Workshop programs and speaker dockets. During the Workshops, our team not only facilitated <br />the discussions but gave technical lectures, as well. Our teclmicallectures proved to be vital to <br />help address key Workshop goals, which included establishing a common language of water <br />conservation for use around the state, and educating the "vater community regarding state <br />planning requirements and grant programs. <br /> <br />Overall Objectives <br /> <br />The most recent set of W orkshops ~ the third in a series of Workshops conducted under a grant <br />graciously provided by the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) - reached four <br />commwrities not previously reached by early \vorkshopsJ namely Greeley, Pagosa Springs, Grand <br />Junction and La Junta. With these four Workshops conducted in the summer of 2007, a total of <br />11 Water Conservation Workshops were held over the past 16 months all with similar objectives: <br /> <br />. Develop a consistent set of definitions and nomenclature regarding <br /> <br />water conservation, water use efficiency and wise water use; <br /> <br />. *T each what constitutes meaningful ,vater conservation planning and <br /> <br />implementation from a practical, economic, political, and legal <br /> <br />perspective; <br /> <br />. Educate water planners regarding state and other resources available to <br />provide technical, financialJ and other assistance to those looking to <br /> <br />develop and implement more meaningful water conservation programs; <br />and <br /> <br />. Share information and stories regarding past successes and failures <br /> <br />regarding water conservation, water use efficiency, and wise water use <br />that have occurred on a local level across the state. <br /> <br />Vital to this phase of Water Conservation Workshops were the facilitated discussions that evolved <br />during the day and one half of content presentations and forums. At each and every Workshop, <br />lengthy discussions ensued regarding numerous topics relevant to water conservation planning and <br />implementation. These discussions helped to identify numerous challenges and opportunities <br />related to future\vater conservation efforts to he conducted on a local, regional and statewide <br />scale. A presentation of the key outcomes from these discussions is provided later in ~s report. <br /> <br />The key messaging that was included in the advertisements distributed via email in May) as <br />well as in the announcement of each of the individual Workshop programs included the following: <br /> <br />1 <br />