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Section 6 Implementation and Recommendations for Colorado's Water Supply Future Intrastate Water Planning and Development This Section of the CWCB was created to implement the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) and support the ongoing Highlights: implementation of the • Water Supply Reserve Water for the 21st Account Grants Century Act. This Alternative and Agricultural Transfers Grant Identified Projects and Processes Database Section was used to manage the efforts of SWSI 2 in this report. • Consumptive and The Section must help Nonconsumptive ensure there is an Workgroups adequate water supply for Colorado's citizens and the environment through a collaborative, cooperative, consensus approach to water resource issue resolution by focusing on strong local stakeholder involvement. Colorado will grow from 4.3 million to 7.1 million people by the year 2030 and will need 630,000 acre-feet (AF) more municipal and industrial (M~eI) water. Water providers and planners under the most optimistic scenario have identified projects and processes to address about 80 percent (512,000 AF) of this additional water need. This leaves a M~SCI gap of 20 percent (118,000 AF). The Section reviews grant applications, manages the Water Supply Reserve Account (WSRA), and obtains approval of grant and loan applications based on the Criteria and Guidelines developed jointly with the Interbasin Compact Committee (IBCC). This Section administers the Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods to Traditional Transfers grant program. The Section will be developing an update to the Identified Projects and Processes (IPP) database. The Section will manage the Consumptive and Nonconsumptive Workgroup efforts and help provide a common technical platform of data and information. The Section participates in contract scoping, provides roundtable updates on water use data, and informs and assists roundtables in improving their understanding of existing and future water supply needs and issues. It also performs outreach and education activities to increase public awareness of complex water issues. Finally, this Section Highlights: implements the • Basin Roundtables Interbasin Compact • Interbasin Compact Process and provides Committee ongoing coordination • Basin Needs Assessments for the Basin '~ Roundtables and the Interbasin Compact Committee. The Section supports the development of each Basin's Needs Assessment, which includes: ~ Consumptive and Nonconsumptive Needs Assessments ~ Analyzing the availability of water supplies including unappropriated waters in each basin ~ Proposing projects ornon-structural methods for meeting water supply needs and utilizes unappropriated waters 6-4 PRELIMINARY DRAFT