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The comments below recap the concerns, issues and questions that were raised at the basin?s Public Information Meeting. These are general summaries of what was said, grouped by key theme, and are not verbatim quotes from the participants. The suggestions, comments and questions documented here will be incorporated into the SWSI study process. This public input is greatly appreciated, as it will help guide the SWSI study team as the process moves forward. The SWSI team will seek to answer any questions raised at these meetings, and will include these answers as part of the SWSI final report. Increase storage, improve management of water resources and develop more funding options: ± If we don?t capture the major source of water, which is from snow pack, then the water is gone, flowing out of the basin to other states. ± Taking water from agriculture for municipal and other use needs to be avoided, as that ruins farming. (This was part of previous bullet, but it seems like a different issue. If it?s part of same issue, then link them.) ± There are two possible sites for storage in the San Juan Basin -- the East fork of San Juan River and the West fork of San Juan River. ± Over the past three years, Bayfield has done an analysis of supply and demand. The study indicates that there is currently an adequate water supply for our demand. But, we are going to need a lot of additional storage in the future. It appears that there might be 53,000 people in the Pagosa Springs area in the near future, and the San Juan River does not have the capacity to support that number of people. We are looking for additional ways to build reservoirs. ± New water supplies need to be considered, but the existing water supplies should be revamped. The Division of Wildlife should be involved in tertiary treatment of gray water. There have been some studies done on how to treat and use gray water. ± In this county you can get a building permit without proof of water, which places a huge burden on municipalities to increase water supply. Municipalities need help in finding ways to increase storage to meet this demand. ± This basin is lucky to have snow pack, so we must find ways to better capture this water. Can we build more dams so we can store snow pack? Storing more snow pack will help preserve agriculture. ± Under the inter-state compacts, a significant amount of Colorado?s water is flowing out of state ? including water to which Colorado is entitled. So, how can this Colorado-entitled water be captured for use in Colorado? Reservoirs are a potential solution, but unless SWSI knows how much is available under the compact, it will be difficult to design and operate water storage. ± There are other sources of water in aquifers that are not potable but can be used for non-consumptive use, such as irrigation and landscaping. This water should be examined for possible use. ± Can people use water that is high in salinity? People can?t drink it but cows may be able to. ± I?m interested in the amount of water that we supply to the Colorado River. ± New Mexico is entitled to a large percentage of our basin?s water. That is frightening, especially in drought conditions, because this basin doesn?t have control over its own water. ÙÞÍÓô ÍÉÍ× Ð«¾´·½ ×²º±®³¿¬·±² Ó»»¬·²¹ Í«³³¿®§ô ïïòïðòðí Ð¿¹» î