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• Board Meeting Date: 1/23/2008
• Description: OWCDP Section - Presentation on the 2007 Drought and Water Supply Assessment
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

~ About 27 percent of the survey respondents had considered the impact of climate change
on long term water supply planning while 72 percent had not.
Findings -Needs Assessment for Colorado Water Providers
~ Respondents expressed strong support for state assistance to Colorado water providers.
~ The area of greatest need was funding project evaluations and feasibility studies followed
by loans for capital projects, grants for planning activities, and grants for infrastructure
management.
~ Other areas of high need included communicating the value of water, improving
conservation planning, and various loan programs.
~ Respondents expressed strong support (85 percent in favor) for the State implementing
future drought assessment surveys such as this project.
~ Less than 50 percent of the responding agencies collected data in support of water
conservation planning.
~ More than 85 percent of the agencies surveyed expressed interest in contributing data to a
statewide water data repository project.
~ Colorado water providers want the State to conduct statewide water availability research.
Strong support was expressed for statewide water availability studies with 82 percent of
respondents supporting the idea and only 10 percent opposed.