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Table 3: Awareness Issues <br />Getting people to connect with how their daily actions affect watershed health. <br />People not aware of water issues like they are of other issues. <br />There is a need to connect to the bigger picture. <br />People are not aware of stricter standards for drinking water vs. nstream classifications. <br />There is a complete disconnect between river related activities and the water that flows from the tap. <br />What does a healthy river mean and why is it important to them. <br />A "Water Footprint" theme could be useful). <br />Media needs to highlight issue more. <br />Be careful) of highlighting water supply areas. <br />People unaware of irrigation process (ditches, headgates, etc.). <br />How does agricultural us of water affect what comes out of the tap. <br />Overall awareness needed of how and where we are situated regionally. <br />More education needed on how invasives move throughout the watershed. <br />There is not a clear perception of how individual activities add up when hundreds of others are doing the same thi, <br />Information needs to be disseminated to satelite cities like Arvada, Broomfield and Westminster. <br />People need to understand the connection between conservation at all levels and homeowner use of water. <br />Disseminate information to homeowners associations. <br />Economic/finacial savings issues are tough to get across. <br />Big picture issue needs to be understood from source water to plains. <br />People need to be aware of the "Trading Off Of Values". <br />There is a disconnect between random restoration activities and their downstream affects. <br />CU is concerned with safety and not necessarily with riparian areas. <br />Disconnect between woody debris refuge and waste and how it affects rivers, streams and ditches. <br />