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Section 2 <br />Conservation and Efficiency Technical Roundtable <br />source of information to help local and <br />county land use planning agencies make <br />informed decisions. <br />~ A question that should be considered by the <br />group is whether conserved water can be used <br />to address Colorado's future water supply gap <br />versus use of conserved water in areas without <br />gaps. <br />Agricultural efficiency objectives were also <br />identified, but the evaluation of agricultural <br />efficiency was moved to the Alternatives to <br />Permanent Agricultural Dry-up TRT. Please refer <br />to Section 3 for information on this topic. <br />2.3 Summary of Major <br />Discussions during Technical <br />Roundtable Meetings <br />Three Conservation and Efficiency TRT meetings <br />and several subcommittee meetings were held. The <br />discussion items for each of the full TRT meetings <br />are as follows: <br />• Presentation of an overview to the approach of addressing <br />questions <br />• Discussion of approaches to questions and TRT schedule <br />TRT 3 <br />• Review and discussion of Question 1 memorandum on <br />reliability and conservation impacts <br />• Review and discussion of Question 2 matrix on potential <br />savings from various conservation measures <br />• Presentations on Colorado Springs Utilities customer <br />survey on willingness to pay for conservation measures, <br />City of Westminster case study, and CWCB Water <br />Conservation Plan process <br />• Review of matrix on willingness to pay and implementation <br />issues <br />• Review of white paper report schedule and interaction with <br />Water Supply Gap TRT <br />• Discussion of final work products and schedule <br />At the first TRT meeting, the following questions <br />were determined as priorities for the TRT to <br />address during the TRT process. Subcommittees <br />were formed to help answer each question. <br />Municipal ~ Industrial <br />1. If we use conserved water for the following <br />purposes, how does it affect water supply <br />system reliability? <br />To improve reliability for existing <br />customers <br />For new growth <br />Other uses <br />i. Enhance streamflows <br />ii. Sale to other users outside the service <br />area <br />2. What are the projected long-term savings from <br />conservation alternatives? <br />What conservation measures have been <br />most effective in terms of amount and cost <br />per acre-foot (AF) saved? <br />What are the implementation costs and <br />"avoided" costs when implementing water <br />conservation and efficiency measures? <br />3. What are the issues with ability to pay for <br />M~eI users, both at the provider and customer <br />level? <br />4. What are the public, political, and <br />institutional challenges to successfully <br />implementing the various levels of M~eI <br />conservation? <br />In addition, the following question was developed <br />for both M~eI and Agriculture conservation and <br />efficiency. <br />5. What are the legal and water rights <br />constraints on ability to use water that is <br />saved as the result of implementation of <br />conservation and efficiency measures? <br />This was identified as an important issue; however, <br />this question was not addressed in detail by the <br />TRT. <br />2-4 FINAL DRAFT <br />TRT 2 <br />