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Water Conservation and Efficiency Technical Roundtable Meeting #1 <br />Meeting Summary <br />^ Interaction with Interbasin Compact Roundtables <br />^ Overview of TRT Process <br />^ Presentation of White Paper Key Issues <br />^ Discussion of Issues <br />^ Expectations of TRT and Process <br />^ Approaches to Products <br />^ Assign Questions <br />^ Identify Intermediate Due Dates (conference calls) <br />Copies of the presentation materials were distributed to BRT members. Comments and <br />questions received throughout the meeting were recorded and are included in the meeting <br />notes below. The summary is not intended to be a verbatim account and answers to the <br />questions are not always summarized here. The purpose of the summary is to provide an <br />overview of the process and the general tenure of the meeting. <br />Key Findings of SWSI and Interaction with Interbasin Compact <br />Roundtables <br />Rick Brown presented the key findings of SWSI and described how the TRTs and SWSI BRTs <br />will interact with the Interbasin Compact Roundtables. Key findings of SWSI include the <br />following: <br />^ Significant increases in Colorado's population - together with agricultural water needs and <br />an increased focus on recreational and environmental uses - will intensify competition f or <br />water <br />^ Projects and water management planning processes that local M&I providers are <br />implementing or planning to implement have the ability to meet about 80 percent of <br />Colorado's M&I water needs through 2030 <br />^ To the extent that these identified M&I projects and processes are not successfully <br />implemented, Colorado will see a signif icantly greater reduction in irrigated agricultural <br />lands as MB~I water providers seek additional permanent transfers of agricultural water <br />rights to provide for the demands that would otherwise have been met by specific projects <br />and processes <br />^ Supplies are not necessarily where demands are; localized shortages exist, especially in <br />headwater areas, and compact entitlements in some basins are not fully utilized <br />^ Increased reliance on nonrenewable, non-tributary groundwater for permanent water supply <br />brings serious reliability and sustainability concerns in some areas, particularly along the <br />Front Range <br />^ In-basin solutions can help resolve the remaining 20 percent gap between M&I supply and <br />demand, but there will be tradeoff s and impacts on other uses - especially agriculture and <br />the environment. <br />^ Water conservation (beyond Level 1) will be relied upon as a major tool for meeting future <br />M&I demands, but conservation alone cannot meet all of Colorado's future M&I needs. <br />Significant water conservation has already occurred in many areas. <br />r« ~ <br />C:1Documents and SettingslrowannclMy Documentsl1-desktoplWater Cons Eff TRT #1 Summary.doc <br />