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• Board Meeting Date: 9/16/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Update on Water Providers Planning Database and Identified Projects and Processes ‎(IPPs)‎
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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T0: CWCB Members Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
FROM: Er1C HeCOX & TOdd I)Oherty Harris D. Sherman
DNR Executive Director
Intrastate Water Management and Development Section
Jennifer L. Gimbel
CWCB Director
DATE: September 5, 2008
Dan McAuliffe
CWCB Deputy Director
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 9, September 16-17, 2008 Board Meeting
Update on Water Providers Planning Database and Identified Projects and
Processes (IPPs)
Staff Recommendation
This is an information item and Board action is not required.
Background
Over the last several years, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) has undertaken
several efforts to identify and evaluate Colorado's current and future water uses and needs. These
efforts include: development of water use, demand, and basin fact sheets; the 2002 Drought and
Water Supply Assessment; the 2003 Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI); and refinements
to SWSI through Basin-Wide Water Needs Assessments.
SWSI catalogued identified projects and processes (IPPs) that local water suppliers are currently
undertaking as components of their own water supply planning efforts to meet their 2030 water
needs. The IPPs include both structural and non-structural projects. If these projects are
successfully implemented, 80 percent (512,000 acre-feet) of the state's projected 2030 municipal
and industrial (M&I) needs will be met. The remaining 20 percent (118,000 acre-feet) was
identified as the "Gap." It should be noted that the calculation of the Gap maybe optimistic and
is based on the assumption that all IPPs will be successfully implemented and will deliver the
expected amount of water. SWSI recommended developing a common database for water
demand projections, tracking the IPPs, and monitoring the gap.
In response, CWCB staff is implementing a water providers' planning database. This memo
describes the key components of the water providers' planning database and the current status of
some of the IPPs identified in SWSI.
Water Supply Protection • Watershed Protection & Flood Mitigation • Stream & Lake Protection • Water Supply Planning & Finance
Water Conservation ~ Drought Planning ~ Intrastate Water Management & Development