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Section 2 Conservation and Efficiency Technical Roundtable 4. The CWCB should continue the SWSI Water Conservation and Efficiency TRT as a multi- stakeholderresource, drawing on the expertise of the Colorado WaterWise Council, environmental interests, and M~eI water planners. 5. The Water Conservation and Efficiency TRT should be used as a statewide technical resource to the interbasin compact basin roundtables and IBCC. 6. The CWCB, working with the Water Conservation and Efficiency TRT, the interbasin compact basin roundtables, Colorado WaterWise Council, MMC, and other interested stakeholders, should develop consensus statewide water conservation goals and BMPs. These might include the following goals: Pursue agreement between interest groups to help ensure that both conservation and water infrastructure projects are implemented in a timely fashion. Water conservation should be pursued as an important component to water supply planning but not in lieu of critical infrastructure needs. Development of moderate and advanced levels of water conservation BMPs, with the goal that the moderate level of water conservation should be implemented by all providers, regardless of size, geographic location, or water supply situation by 2030. Development of average residential per capita water use goals for new development, taking into account local climatic differences impacting irrigation water requirements. Development of a statewide social marketing campaign on the value and importance of sustainable water resources in Colorado for our people, land, environment, and economy. The goal of this campaign should be to promote the value of water in and for Colorado and the importance of using it wisely. This effort will help providers to achieve the conservation savings projected in this analysis and will demonstrate the commitment of the entire state to sustainable water resources. Water is often a divisive issue in Colorado and this campaign is a way to bring Coloradoans together to achieve common ground on the value of water and the importance of wise stewardship of our precious resources. 2.6 Water Conservation and Efficiency Roundtable Membership The membership of the Conservation and Efficiency TRT was based on an e-mail request to the original SWSI BRT members for volunteers and recommendations on other people that were interested in this issue and/or had professional expertise in the area of water conservation and efficiency. Additional members were included in order to provide for broad river basin and interest group representation. Table 2-ll lists the names of members that participated or volunteered to serve on the TRT. Due to travel and other commitments, some TRT members were unable to attend some or all of the meetings. 2-28 FINAL DRAFT