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<br />CDIVI <br /> <br />Update on Statewide Water Supply Initiative <br />- San Juan/Dolores/San Miguel Basin <br /> <br />water use in 2030 (Figure 2). The greatest changes in agricultural water use are <br />expected to occur in the Front Range as M&I growth moves into agricultural lands <br />and/ or as water is transferred from agriculture to support growth. Understanding the <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> 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 />860A> <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 />San JuanfDoloresfSan Miguel Background <br /> <br />The San Juan/Dolores/San Miguel Basin is projected to experience an increase in <br />M&I and SSI water demand by 2030 of 18,800 AF. In SWSI, M&I is defined as all of the <br />water use of a typical municipal system, including residential, commercial, industrial, <br />irrigation, and firefighting. Large industrial water uses that have their own water <br />supplies or lease raw water from others are described as SSI water users. For the <br />purposes of SWSI, these regional water needs in the San Juan/Dolores/San Miguel <br />Basin were evaluated on a county level. These counties are shown in Figure 3 with the <br />population increases from 2000 to 2030. Table 4 shows the total population and <br />percent increases for the counties of the San Juan/Dolores/San Miguel Basin. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />SWSI Update - SJDSM Basin <br />