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<br />Rio Grande Basin Roundtable Technical Meeting #1 <br />Meeting Summary <br /> <br />9. Provide for a Healthy Colorado Economy <br /> <br />Draft Subobjectives Presented <br />. Enhance local and state economy <br />. Sustain populations <br />. Provide for healthy economy in each individual basin <br /> <br />Comments <br />. Revise to "Sustainable, healthy economy" <br />. This objective may require or imply the need for external financial support <br /> <br />10. Provide for Operational Flexibility <br /> <br />Draft Subobjectives Presented <br />. Allow highest beneficial use at any time while preserving historical uses/rights <br />. Allow use of water for different purposes at different times <br /> <br />Comments <br />. Make this specific to in-basin in Rio Grande <br />. Store water that is not required for Compact deliveries <br /> <br />Following the discussion on objectives and subobjectives, the participants broke for dinner, and <br />then reconvened to discuss demand methodology, basin roundtable meeting logistics, and <br />receive public comments. <br /> <br />Demand Methodology <br /> <br />Kelly DiNatale led the presentation regarding the SWSI approach to determining basin-specific <br />water demands. The slides related to this presentation are also on the CWCB website. In <br />general, the demand methodology will be consistent between all Colorado River basins, and <br />will be forecasted to 2030. The following summarizes the approach for each water demand <br />category: <br /> <br />. Municipal & Industrial - The SWSI will use a "per capita" by county approach using the <br />State Demographer data, and cross-checked with the CWCB Drought Survey water use <br />results and 2000 water use data supplied by water providers. Industrial uses not on <br />municipal water supplies will also be included. <br /> <br />. Agricultural- The SWSI will multiply irrigated crop acreage by crop water requirements, <br />increase irrigation demand by percent conveyance loss, multiply number of livestock by <br />livestock requirement, and assume irrigated acreage/livestock levels remain constant over <br />time unless data indicates otherwise. <br /> <br />. Environmental - The SWSI will use decreed in-stream flow requirements by basin, and <br />assume current minimum requirements in future years. <br /> <br />CDIVI <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />Rio Grande BRT Mtg #1 SummarLfinal.doc 11/14/2003 <br />