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<br />CDIVI <br /> <br />Update on Statewide Water Supply Initiative <br />- Yampa/White/Green 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> 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 />910A> <br /> <br />860A> <br /> <br />2000 <br /> <br />2030 <br /> <br />Figure 2 <br />2000 and 2030 Statewide Agricultural, M&I, and SSI Demands <br /> <br />YampafWhitefGreen Background <br /> <br />By 2030, the Yampa/White/Green Basin will increase its demand by 22,300 AF. In <br />SWSI, M&I is defined as all of the water use of a typical municipal system, including <br />residential, commercial, industrial, irrigation, and firefighting. Large industrial water <br />uses that have their own water supplies or lease raw water from others are described <br />as SSI water users. For the purposes of SWSI, the regional water needs in the <br />Yampa/White/Green Basin were evaluated on a county level. The population <br />estimates were also aggregated into counties. Figure 3 shows the increase in <br />population from 2000 to 2030 for each county. Table 4 shows the total population and <br />percent increases for the counties of the Yampa/White/Green Basin. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />SWSI Update - Yampa/White/Green Basin <br />