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SWSI Phase 2 Technical Roundtable <br />Water Conservation and Efficiency <br />Institutional and Political <br />SWSI examined various levels of M&I conservation that could achieve up to <br />40 percent reductions in M&I demands f rom year 2000 levels of water use. <br />^ Would these various levels of conservation aff ect the urban quality of life? <br />^ What are the political and institutional challenges to successfully implementing the <br />various levels of conservation? <br />^ What is the public acceptability of the various levels? <br />^ What would the various levels do to the attractiveness of Colorado as a place to <br />live? <br />^ How can revenues be maintained in light of declining water use as additional <br />conservation levels are achieved? <br />^ Should conserved water be used to improve reliability f or existing customers, f or <br />new growth or other uses such as streamflows or sale to other users? <br />^ Some have suggested that basinwide water conservation by M&I providers on <br />renewable water sources can be used as a source of water for those on non- <br />renewable sources. What are the institutional and political issues associated with <br />M&I water providers implementing higher levels of conservation in order to <br />provide these savings on a permanent basis to other providers? <br />^ What are the main institutional barriers associated with agricultural conservation <br />besides cost? <br />^ What are the institutional arrangements that are needed to have a successful and <br />ongoing phreatophyte control program? <br />^ What is the role of federal and state agencies in phreatophyte control? <br />Financial <br />^ How will the cost of new water supply development be a driver f or additional <br />water conservation measures? <br />^ What are the implementation costs and "avoided" costs when implementing water <br />conservation and ef ficiency measures? <br />^ What strategies can be implemented by water providers to deal with the revenue <br />implications of conservation? <br />^ What are the issues with ability to pay for agricultural users? <br />^ Does phreatophyte control require federal and state funding and approval? <br />~• ~ <br />DRAFT <br />5 <br />S:IMEETINGSITECHNICAL ROUNDTABLEITRT MEETING - SPECIFICIWATER EFFICIENCYISWSI WATER EFFICIENCY TRT BRIEFING.DOC <br />