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Section 6 Implementation and Recommendations for Colorado's Water Supply Future The ROIe Of the Colorado Water the interbasin compact basin roundtables and Conservation Board and other IBCC. Stakeholders 1. It is not the intent of the CWCB that the 6. The CWCB, working with the Water implementation of water conservation measures Conservation and Efficiency TRT, the interbasin should interfere with the justification or compact basin roundtables, Colorado WaterWise permitting of needed structural water supply Council, MMC, and other interested stakeholders, projects. As part of the adoption of the SW SI, the should develop consensus statewide water CWCB adopted the following mission statement: conservation goals and BMPs. These might include the following goals: Following the lead of local water suppliers, the - Pursue agreement between interest groups to state will monitor long-term water needs, provide help ensure that both conservation and water technical and financial assistance to put the infrastructure projects are implemented in a necessary plans, projects, and programs in place to meet those needs, and foster cooperation to timely fashion. Water conservation should be avoid being forced to make trade-offs that would pursued as an important component to water otherwise harm Colorado's environment, lifestyle, supply planning but not in lieu of critical and economy. infrastructure needs. Metering is required by law for all water 2. The CWCB, through its OWCD, should continue providers, regardless of utility size. Very small to take a statewide role in promoting water water systems of less than 600 water taps are conservation and drought planning. CWCB presently exempt from this requirement. intends to continue to be proactive in drought Financial assistance from state or federal planning by implementing an update to the agencies should be considered for small water drought and water supply assessment survey and providers, if necessary. studying the impacts of climate variability on water supply. - Development of moderate and advanced levels of water conservation BMPs, with the goal that 3. The CWCB should continue to provide grants to the moderate level of water conservation should water providers for the development of water be implemented by all providers, regardless of conservation plans and to assist in the size, geographic location, or water supply implementation of the conservation measure situation by 2030. outlined in the conservation plans. The CWCB - Development of average residential per capita should work with other key stakeholders to water use goals for new development, taking develop and implement requirements for into account local climatic differences standardized annual M~eI water use data impacting irrigation water requirements. reporting to facilitate the collection of water use data and to track the implementation and - Development of a statewide social marketing effectiveness of water conservation measures. campaign on the value and importance of sustainable water resources in Colorado for our 4. The CWCB should continue the SWSI Water people, land, environment, and economy. The Conservation and Efficiency TRT as a multi- goal of this campaign should be to promote the stakeholder resource, drawing on the expertise of value of water in and for Colorado and the the Colorado WaterWise Council, environmental importance of using it wisely. This effort will interests, and M~eI water planners. help providers to achieve the conservation 5. The Water Conservation and Efficiency TRT savings projected in this analysis and will demonstrate the commitment of the entire state should be used as a statewide technical resource to to sustainable water resources. Water is often a 6-14 PRELIMINARY DRAFT