SWSIWaterConservationAndEfficiencyTRTWhitePaper

• Technical Roundtable: Water Efficiency
• Title: SWSI - Water Conservation and Efficiency White Paper
• SWSI II - Doc Type: White Papers

SWSI Phase 2 Technical Roundtable
Water Conservation and Efficiency
Tahle 2 Current IYear 20001 Level of Water Conservation Effort

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Prowers /
Pueblo /
Rio Blanco /
Rio Grande /
Routt /
Saguache /
San Juan /
San Miguel /
Sedgwick /
Summit /
Teller /
Washington /
Weld /
Yuma /
Source; Survey by Colorado Municipal League
4. Evaluating New Supply f rom M&I Water Conservation
The ability to develop new supplies from water conservation or to carry over
conserved water for later use is dependent on the type of water rights used. The
potential f or conservation must be evaluated on an individual M&I water provider
basis, considering the types of water
~~,~~~~,~~i~,~ ~~ ,~~~~~~~~«,~ ~~ rights owned and the return flow
~~~~~~~'~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~ obligations that apply to these water
rights. Figure 1 from the SWSI report
~u~i~i ~~ ~ illustrates the MB~I return flow cycle for
~n~u~tri~~us~r~ surface water diversions. The benefits of
,~ ,I~,, ~ water conservation include:
^ Implementation costs can be
signif icantly lower than new water
supply development or other
alternatives.
^ There are no permitting requirements
to implement water conservation.
^ Implementation is within the control
of the local water provider and does
not require approval of other entities.
^ No new diversions are required f rom rivers or streams.
^ Existing water supplies can potentially be stretched to supply demands of new
growth.
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Figure 1
Return Flows from M&I Use of Surface Water