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Mapping the Colorado Basin Rou ndtable’s Water Policy Networks <br />P N -C N <br />ROTECTING ON ONSUMPTIVE EEDS <br />The forty-seven respondents in this cluster emphasized outcomes that will protect <br />non-consumptive needs and cooperative approac hes to reaching those outcomes. <br />They want to keep water in rivers, but most are supportive of meeting agricultural and municipal <br />needs provided that environmental and recrea tional issues are addressed in long-term, <br />sustainable ways. The respondents are overwhelmingly from the Western Slope and many want <br />to create a unified voice within basins or across basins to protect Western Slope water <br />resources. <br />Analysis of Survey Statements of Support: Members of this cluster are: <br /> Highly supportive of environmental, recreational, and agricultural water needs as well <br />as balancing consumptive and non-consumpt ive uses and increasing cooperation <br />between the basins; <br /> Generally supportive of balancing water supply and demand and protecting existing <br />individual water rights; and <br /> Not supportive of using the market to allocate and manage water resources and <br />water transfers to high growth sectors. <br />Examples of Desired Outcomes of Colorado Basin <br />Desired Outcomes of Colorado Basin <br />Roundtable Respondents: <br />Roundtable Respondents: Roundtable <br />members in this cluster reported desired <br />“Protection of non-consumptive uses of water <br />outcomes that include recreational and <br />instead of increased diversions to the Front <br />environmental priorities. Most of the Range.” <br />stakeholders emphasize integrated <br />“Better appreciation and understanding for the <br />solutions and stakeholder involvement in <br />environmental needs in the basin and state.” <br />developing solutions. They repeatedly <br />“More upfront public input to water management <br />emphasize keeping water in the rivers and <br />issues.” <br />many focus on long-term, sustainable <br />“Bottom-up instead of top-down management of <br />solutions. Some of these roundtable <br />water issues.” <br />members also emphasize meeting <br />Western Slope needs by creating a united <br />“Provide for a unified voice against additional <br />front against Front Range interests, often <br /> <br />transmountain diversions.” <br />as a way of protecting non-consumptive <br />needs. <br />Examples of Desired Outcomes of External <br /> <br />Respondents: <br />Desired Outcomes of External <br />“Locally driven priorities for non-consumptive <br />Respondents: Unlike all other clusters, <br />needs.” <br />over half of the external stakeholders in <br />this cluster are from the Western Slope <br />“Increased public awareness of risks to Western <br />Slope water.” <br />and most of the remaining stakeholders <br />are from the central part of the state. <br />“I don’t want western Colorado water/snowmelt <br />Fewer than one quarter are from the Front <br />transported transmountain to the thirsty and <br />Range. They prioritize non-consumptive <br />wasteful Front Range communities.” <br />needs, emphasize cooperation, and also <br />“A true interbasin comp act that will preserve <br />emphasize the need for within and across <br />basin of origin ecological flows and recreational <br />basin consensus. In addition to clearly <br />values and will, generally, not permit additional <br />being focused on environmental and <br />transmountain diversions or ecologically <br />recreational issues, there is a strong theme <br />damaging, large scale pump-backs. <br />Colorado Institute of Public Policy 20 of 64 <br />