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• Board Meeting Date: 5/21/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Presentation of Agricultural Water Conservation Paper
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

pride add~tior~ mater supp~~es to meet groin demands for ux~a~., ~nd~str~a~ rec~ea~~
,and
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sh~u~d ~.ot be masted d that ~~~ odd ~r~iaeu s~rstems and ra~ct~ees c~u~d benefit from ~~
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.od~zatiou.. nth this ~. end, B staff ~s ork ~~. ~ A'A ~~ detexxni~e what
e~.sures and. ~etit~es might ~e under~ak ~~ both educate the puke a~.d a~.e makers o~
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agr~cu~te ~~nse~tro~ 15su~S aid ~to e~p~ore o~portuuitl~s ~~ rive ~. rCU~t~u'e mater use.
e have tried to be m~dfu~ afthe 1ea1, engee~ng ~d p~raet~ea~ ~i~ita~.vus ~~a `eu~tuxa~
a~ eonserva~~ion ~ eff~~ie~e~ ~,easures ~ ereti a~dd~.t~,on aver su dies hide ~is~n
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hexe op~o~~es nay e~zst. The report ~eiudes eo~.ce~ts far otentia~ ~e eons~deratio
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ax~.d st~.tutor~r e~ar~~eat~o~s. In d~t~o~, as ~~. xe~.e~ e ra. xe ort, lease eo~.sid how and
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to what extent the ag~cu~ra~ ater consation and ee~ency measures d~eussed ~ the r orb
can hey meets Colorado's
~ ~e grater ueeds as pad ofatex sup~~~ a~texntx~res and what
types of aetities you as hoard n~.embers rn~ wish ~o pursue ~. e future.
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