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Southwest Basin <br />Jenny Russell <br />Status Quo <br />• Will have competing uses and continue to make tradeoffs. <br />• In my area also see agriculture coming out of production. <br />- i.e., Montezuma County, San Miguel County, and the eastern area of Dolores <br />County and Dove Creek. <br />• Due to land development pressures, energy boom will also hit San Miguel County. <br />• Water quality impacts from oil and gas that can impact water supplies. <br />• Need water on the West Slope for aesthetic values and recreation. <br />• Do not think looking to the West Slope for water for the Front Range is realistic. <br />• Continued pressure on West Slope for Front Range water supplies. <br />Alternative <br />• For so long have looked at water out of context. We need to look at water and land <br />use together. Cannot look at water as a thing apart from everything else. <br />• We need to look at the interconnections between water options and land use. <br />• People on the Front Range are also concerned about sprawl and loss of <br />agriculture. <br />• Do not want to see Colorado lose our agriculture and ability to feed ourselves. <br />• Tax incentives and economic incentives to keep agriculture in production. <br />• Not being forced to address issues locally because workers are living in remote <br />communities, i.e., Telluride situation and other mountain communities. <br />• What do we want for this state? Does this vision accommodate 2 to 3 million more <br />people? <br />• We know there is going to be growth; how do we control the growth? <br />• Rep. Curry approach at this is a good first act at how it will need to be done. <br />• What is the point of a state visioning exercise if the state does not have role in <br />implementation? <br />• Beauty of IBCC is being able to have discussion to lead to better answers. <br />• Difficult Issues: <br />- Land use tied to water supply. <br />- Growth tied to the vision of Colorado in location and kind of growth. <br />- State role in implementation especially with interaction local governments need <br />to be explored. <br />24 <br />I:\INTERBASIN COMPACT COMMITTEEWISIONS FOR COLORADO WATER SUPPLY FUTURE\RESPONSES TO VISIONING AND MARCH MEETING\IBCC REPRESENTATIVE COMMENTS.DOC