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Vision Goals <br />Vision goals constitute the second component of a statewide visioning process for Colorado's <br />water supply future. Vision goals will l-,e used to compare the performance of water supply <br />strategies. These vision goals are based on previous wort by the IBCC, the CWCB Board, and <br />other processes including: 1) responses to the IBCC Visioning Exerciser, the Statewide Witter <br />Supply Illltlative (SWSI) Major Fintbngsll, the SWSI Objectives-i, CSU's recent analysis of water <br />beliefs and valuesi,', Universih- of Denver's Colorado's Water Future Panel', and the lBC'C's <br />Guiding Principles (the CO 64 Principals)-. <br />The IBCC discussed and generally agreed on the following draft Vision Goals: <br />¦ Sulstamabl' meet municipal and industrial demands <br />¦ Sustamabl- meet agricultural demands <br />¦ Sulstamabl- meet Colorado's environment and recreation demands <br />¦ Encourage cooperation between water supply planners and land use planners <br />¦ Encourage more cooperation among all Colorado water lasers <br />¦ Optimize existing and future water supplies by: <br />- Minimizing non-beneficial conslmlptive use (evaporation, non-native phreatophytes, etc.) <br />- Maximizing successive uses of legally- reusable water <br />- Maximizing use of existing and new in-basin supplies <br />¦ Promote cost-effectiveness bv: <br />- Allocating costs to all beneficiaries fairly <br />- Achieving benefits at the lowest cost <br />- Providing viable financing mechanisms, including local, state, and federal <br />fuildmg/fmlancmg <br />- Mitigating third-part' economic impacts <br />¦ Minimize the net energy- used to slippy water, including both the energl- used and/or <br />generated with raw water delivery, and the energy used for treatment <br />¦ Protect cultural values bv: <br />- Maintaining and improving the qulaht- of life unique to each basin <br />- Maintaining open space <br />¦ Provide operational flexibiht- and coordinated infrastructure <br />¦ Promote increased farness when welter is moved between basins bv: <br />- Benefiting both the area of origin and the area of use <br />- Minmuzi g the adverse economic and environmental impacts of future water projects <br />and water transfers