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<br />) <br /> <br />I've incorporated my comments (they are in italics) under each of the objectives or <br />subobjecti yes. As you will see I've recommended changes and deletions (bold typeface) <br />for both objectives and subobjectives. <br />Kent Higgins <br />khiggjns@diac.com <br />Recreation -- S. Platte <br /> <br />Basin Water Management Objectives and Subobjectives <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Reliably Meet Demands <br />REVISED OBJECTIVE <br />Recognize Varying Water Demands <br />My basis for this is that Colorado J s water supplies are finite unless new <br />technologies arise to obtain and extract additional unallocated water acre-feet. <br />From this premise, as the state population grows and municipal/industrial and <br />agriculture water use demands increase ...- the amount of water available in a give <br />year is static or within afew percentage points a/previous years. The recent <br />drought proved there is a finite limit to the amount of water in Colorado. <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />· Reliably meet reasonably foreseeable urban water demands under varying <br />hydrologic conditions; minimize mandatory water use restrictions <br />REVISED SUBOBJECTIVE <br />Based on available water supplies, reasonably meet urball water <br />demands under varying hydrologic conditions; minimize mandatory <br />water use restrictions <br />(Colorado water is finite but population growth is not - thus there is a <br />defined limit to the amount of available water in the state and this <br />subobjective will be unattainable, possibly within 20 years!) <br /> <br />· Reliably meet reasonably foreseeable agricultural water demands under <br />varying hydrologic conditions <br />REVISED SUBOBJECTIVE <br />Based on available water supplies, reasonably meet urban water <br />demands under varying hydrologic conditions; minimize mandatory <br />water use restrictions <br />(Colorado water isfinite - thus there is a defined limit to the amount of <br />available water in the state in a given year and over an average <br />timeframe! ) <br /> <br />· Provide water where and when it is needed for agriculture and recreation <br />. Maintain adequate reserves <br />REVISED SUBOBJECTIVE <br />Maintain adequate reserves based on available water supplies. <br />