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<br />CDIVI <br /> <br />Update on Statewide Water Supply Initiative <br />- Colorado Basin <br /> <br />impact of these changes on rural Colorado economies, and the effect on the open <br />space provided by farms and ranches, is a key challenge for all Coloradans. In other <br />areas of the state, localized decreases and increases in agricultural water use are also <br />expected. A net increase in agricultural water use may occur in the Yampa/White/ <br />Green and the San Juan/Dolores/San Miguel Basins. <br /> <br />80A> <br /> <br />10A> <br /> <br />20A> <br /> <br /> <br />o Agricultural <br />.M&I <br />oSSI <br /> <br /> <br />o Agricultural <br />.M&I <br /> <br />oSSI <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />910A> <br /> <br />2000 <br /> <br />2030 <br /> <br />Figure 2 <br />2000 and 2030 Statewide Agricultural, M&I, and SSI Demands <br /> <br />Colorado Background <br /> <br />The Colorado Basin is expected to have an additional 61,900 AF of demand by 2030. <br />In SWSI, M&I is defined as all of the water use of a typical municipal system, <br />including residential, commercial, industrial, irrigation and firefighting. Large <br />industrial water uses that have their own water supplies or lease raw water from <br />others are described as SSI water users. Population increases from 2000 to 2030 by <br />county are shown in Figure 3 and Table 4 shows the total population and percent <br />Increases. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />SWSI Update - Colorado Basin <br />