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Colorado Basin Roundtable Technical Meeting #1 <br />Meeting Summary <br />strategy for that alternative. These trade-offs can be the basis for mutual understanding of the <br />public's concerns and needs. A draft list of objectives was developed based on input from the <br />first round of SWSI Public Meetings and experience gathered from other successful water <br />planning efforts. The draft objectives are not listed in any particular order, but individual <br />roundtable members will have an opportunity to indicate their relative preferences on the final <br />list of objectives later in the SWSI process. The draft objectives presented included: <br />^ Reliably meet demands <br />^ Maximize efficient use of existing supply <br />^ Enhance use of existing system assets <br />^ Maximize implementability <br />^ Support recreational needs <br />^ Provide for environmental protection <br />^ Promote cost-effectiveness <br />^ Protect cultural values <br />^ Provide for a healthy Colorado economy <br />^ Provide for operational flexibility <br />Following the draft objectives presentation, the meeting was turned over to the basin <br />roundtable participants for open discussion of the objectives. Feedback on the objectives is <br />presented below. <br />Discussion of Objectives <br />1. Reliably Meet Demands <br />Draft Subobjectives Presented <br />^ Reliably meet reasonably foreseeable urban water demands under varying hydrologic <br />conditions; minimize mandatory water use restrictions <br />^ Reliably meet reasonably foreseeable agricultural water demands under varying hydrologic <br />conditions <br />^ Provide water where and when it's needed for agriculture and recreation <br />^ Maintain adequate reserves <br />^ Sustainably meet demands <br />Comments <br />^ Reliably meet West Slope demands before anything else <br />^ Reliably meet demands for energy development <br />^ Meet unforeseeable demands <br />- Include built-in safety factor <br />^ Use efficiency to more reliably meet demands <br />^ A common understanding of supply and demand is needed to ensure good decision making, <br />especially in regard to the Colorado River Compact requirements <br />^ Define reliability (1977 was a benchmark for droughts, but 2002 drought is new benchmark) <br />^ Consider climate change as it affects water supply <br />~~ <br />Colorado BRT Mtg #1 Summary_fnal.doc 11/14/2003 <br />