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Explore use of ?green water,? or water that minimizes the impact on supply or the <br />environment. Examples include reuse and the use of non-potable water where <br />drinking-quality water is not needed, such as on golf courses. In addition, create <br />a ?best practices in reuse? guide for municipalities, water districts, and others <br />throughout the basin and the state to use. <br />Explore a possible partnership with the Colorado River Water Conservation District <br />on the small reservoir study that the District has been conducting for the last <br />three years. <br />Obtain a copy of the recent water demand study conducted by Brown, Bortz and <br />Coddington. Incorporate its findings in SWSI. <br />Make sure population projections on the CWCB fact sheet are accurate. <br />The comments below recap the concerns, issues and questions that were raised at the <br />basin?s Public Information Meeting. These are general summaries of what was said, <br />grouped by key theme, and are not verbatim quotes from the participants. The <br />suggestions, comments and questions documented here will be incorporated into the SWSI <br />study process. This public input is greatly appreciated, as it will help guide the SWSI study <br />team as the process moves forward. The SWSI team will seek to answer any questions <br />raised at these meetings, and will include these answers as part of the SWSI final report. <br />Additional storage is needed: <br />± <br />In terms of supply, the Yampa/White Basin is historically water-short on its <br />tributaries, which impacts agricultural needs. Therefore, small reservoir storage <br />along these tributaries is important. Storage may be difficult to fund, but it is a <br />good way to meet our tributary shortage. The main stem has an adequate water <br />supply. <br />± <br />There has really been no new storage built in the basin for some time. <br />± <br />The Colorado River Water Conservation District has been conducting a small <br />reservoir study for the last three years, and one thing it is finding is that irrigation <br />efficiencies are a potential solution for water-short tributaries. Storage and <br />conservation measures that stretch the existing water supply are also issues that <br />should be considered. This study has examined a series of potential storage <br />sites, but it has not looked enough at the White River. The first phase of this <br />small reservoir study is done. The second phase might also be done. The <br />District is now looking for potential partners to carry the study forward. <br />± <br />A major water storage project on the White River is needed. <br />± <br />The basin?s water is used multiple times before it goes out of state. With <br />additional storage we would be better able to use the water even more times and <br />for a longer period of time. <br />Studies should examine existing and future supply: <br />± <br />Having adequate supplies for future economic growth and activity is critical. For <br />example, in order to build a new power generation facility at the mouth of a coal <br />mine in the basin, there would need to be an adequate supply of water. <br />± <br />If our basin has not planned adequately for the future to ensure sufficient water <br />supplies for our economic and population growth, we are going to place <br />agricultural land at risk. If there are not sufficient future supplies for our growth, <br />