Section1_Introduction

• Title: SWSI Phase 2 Report - Section 1 Introduction
• Date: 11/7/2007
• Author: CWCB
• SWSI II - Doc Type: Final Report

Section 1
Introduction
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implementable objectives that can be met
over a longer term. Based on information
obtained during SWSI, it is now known
that Colorado can potentially meet
80 percent of its municipal and industrial
water needs by 2030; however, some
water suppliers may need help building
infrastructure, mitigating and permitting
projects, enhancing and improving the
environment, and conse>IVing water.
1.3 Meeting 80 Percent of
the Municipal &t Industrial
(M&tl) Need
SWSI has catalogued the specific projects,
plans, and processes that local water
suppliers have identified and are
undertaking as components of their own
water supply planning efforts to meet the
needs they themselves have identified. As a
whole, if these projects are implemented,
80 percent of the state's 2030 M~SCI water
needs can be met. This is the most
optimistic scenario. But there is uncertainty
Source: Colorado Department of Local Affairs Demography Section and hurdles to Overcome.
Figure 1-1
Population Projections by Basin
Consequently, the mission of the state with
1.2 The Path Forward respect to meeting 80 percent of Colorado's
M~eI water needs by 2030 should be:
While the CWCB was directed to complete SWSI
and deliver its findings and recommendations to the
General Assembly in 18 months, implementing SWSI
will take years and decades. Helping ensure
Colorado's water future is a complex and difficult
challenge. Addressing Colorado's water supply future
means that the social, economic, and cultural health
and integrity of all of its river basins must be
protected This is a daunting challenge and it will
require creative solutions, dedication, and
persistence.
Following the lead of local water suppliers, the
state will monitor long-term water needs, provide
technical and financial assistance to put the
necessary plans, projects, and programs in place
to meet those needs, and foster cooperation to
avoid being forced to make trade-offs that would
otherwise harm Colorado's environment, lifestyle,
culture, and economy.
Following completion of the first phase of SWSI, the
CWCB adopted several goals and objectives that can
be accomplished with the help of Colorado's water
providers, water users, elected officials, and citizens.
These goals will be met by developing sound
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