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• Energy development may be self-governing. <br />• Need a beltway for windpower - could be pumped storage or wind power uses <br />water to create hydrogen. <br />• If oil shale develops, will lead to immense consequences. 1967, 1976 and 1980 <br />Windy Gap priorities will be impacted by development of conditional water rights. <br />• No in stream flow in 15-Mile Reach. <br />• Smaller lots, less lawns residential statewide leading to decreased quality of life; <br />warmer summer temps due to less lawn irrigation and loss of cooling from urban <br />landscapes. <br />• Water quality will be a hassle, will be extremely expensive to treat for M&I use, will <br />see direct nonpotable reuse. <br />Alternative <br />• More West Slope transbasin development could improve South Platte flows. <br />• Don't see rotational fallowing as an option in the South Platte; need too many <br />acres. M&I users need certainty in future supplies. <br />• If don't find alternative water supply in near future might as well continue on ag dry- <br />up and reverse osmosis water treatment track due to economics of scale. <br />• What do you need for minimum flows for various uses? <br />- i.e., environment could be better managed. <br />• Alternative is for improved habitat. <br />• Riparian forest - phreatophytes need to be managed <br />• 2/3 of state is forest lands that need to be better managed <br />• Is the Pine beetle a blessing or curse? <br />• Active watershed management creates healthy and productive forests that are not <br />dense. Some movement in looking at ocean desalinization in California, moving <br />water to upper states. <br />• Should look more to what recreation is demanding, won't be seeing 15,000 cfs for <br />RICDs. <br />• Simultaneous activities. <br />• We need to look at how to develop our compact entitlements: <br />- Determine compact availability. <br />- Determine what to do in case of a call. <br />- Model the system so we can look at different scenarios and options. <br />• Evaluate how to administer compact call. <br />• Modeling to show impacts & how to manage development of compact entitlement. <br />• Development of West Slope water or drying up agriculture. <br />21 <br />I:\INTERBASIN COMPACT COMMITTEEWISIONS FOR COLORADO WATER SUPPLY FUTURE\RESPONSES TO VISIONING AND MARCH MEETING\IBCC REPRESENTATIVE COMMENTS.DOC