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Section 1 <br />Introduction <br />Table 1-1 TRT Focus and Mission Statement <br />Water Conservation and To identify the potential long-term savings from <br />Efficiency conservation measures, water system reliability <br />concerns, and the public, political, and institutional <br />challenges with implementing conservation measures. <br />Develop a deeper understanding and greater <br />consensus on conservation and efficiency measures for <br />Municipal & Industrial and Agriculture <br />Alternative Agricultural To address the technical, institutional, financial, and <br />Transfers to Permanent legal aspects of alternative agricultural transfers to <br />Dry-up permanent dry-up, such as interruptible supply <br /> agreements, long-term rotational fallowing, water <br /> banks, reduced crop consumptive use, and purchase <br /> and leaseback. <br />Prioritize and Quantify To develop mapping of important environmental and <br />Recreation and recreation resource areas throughout the state. In <br />Environmental Needs addition, the group has developed a list of multi- <br /> purpose projects incorporating environment and <br /> recreation values. The TRT has also addressed legal <br /> and institutional issues. <br />Addressing the Gap <br />To address the major water supply gaps that were <br />identified in SWSI. Information from each of the other <br />TRTs will be combined with several water storage and <br />management concepts. Both in-basin and cross-basin <br />concepts will be developed. These concepts will <br />represent a range of solutions that can be used to <br />address Colorado's future water needs. <br />Examine and illustrate if or to what extent Municipal & <br />Industrial and other water uses can be met with <br />agricultural rights on a reliable basis without the <br />permanent dry-up ofirrigated agricultural land or <br />impairing property rights <br />• Sustain and optimize water-related recreational and <br />environmental components of Colorado's economy <br />and values <br />• Identify generally accepted approaches to quantify <br />environmental and recreational water needs <br />• Identify and utilize existing and newly created <br />physical, institutional, legal, and financial <br />mechanisms designed to serve those needs and <br />values <br />Foster cooperation among water suppliers and citizens <br />in every water basin to examine and implement options <br />to fill in the gap between ongoing water planning and <br />future water needs <br />1.7 Report Organization <br />This report summarizes the findings of the TRTs, and <br />is organized as follows: <br />~ Section 1 Introduction <br />~ Section 2 Water Conservation and Efficiency <br />(Agricultural and Municipal and Industrial) <br />~ Section 3 Alternative Agricultural Water <br />Transfer Methods to Traditional Purchase and <br />Transfer <br />~ Section 4 Delineating and Prioritizing <br />Colorado's Environmental and Recreational <br />Resources and Needs <br />~ Section 7 References <br />~ Appendix A Response to Comments on <br />Conservation and Efficiency Draft White Paper <br />~ Appendix B Response to Comments on <br />Alternatives to Permanent Agricultural Transfers <br />Draft White Paper <br />~ Appendix C Response to Comments on <br />Environment and Recreation Needs Draft White <br />Paper <br />~ Appendix D SWSI Phase 2 ArcReader <br />Application Environmental and Recreational GIS <br />Coverages <br />~ Section S Addressing the Water Supply Gap <br />(between Current Supply and Current and Future ~ Appendix E CW CB Instream Flow Filing <br />Water Needs) Tabulations <br />~ Section 6 Recommendations <br />FINAL DRAFT 1-7 <br />