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<br />WI <br /> <br />(2) Factor in a decline in per capita use over time (Smart Water showed on average a <br />7% reduction in per capita use from 1994 to 2001 and a 10% decline per decade <br />for the next two decades probably is attainable by most Colorado communities); <br />and <br />(3) Be sensitive to "base year" selection (Le., not picking a very wet or very dry year <br />as the baseline of use). ~ <br />. Avoid double counting of agricultural and urban water use. For ex~.mple, the <br />Northern Colorado Water Conservancy Districtts 2000 Regional Water Demand <br />Study projected that urban demand would increase over the planning horizon but <br />failed. to note that much of the water used by future residents will be water converted <br />from use on agricultural lands (a necessity when close to 300,000 acres of farmland <br />are projected to -go o':1t of'production). <br />