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• Board Meeting Date: 9/17/2008
• Description: Director's Report - IBCC Director - IBCC Visioning Process
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Discussion Material for the Evaluation of Strategies
M&I Conservation
Policy Issues f or Discussion -Water conservation is an important component of Colorado's
water supply portf olio f or meeting f uture M&I demands. Although there is general agreement
that conservation is an important part of meeting our future water supply needs, there is need
f or more in-depth discussion on:
^ The ability to implement various water conservation measures;
^ The sharing and potential uses of conserved water; and
^ The interplay between conservation and the timing and development of new water supply
projects.
Technical Approach
^ Confirm the identified potential savings from various water conservation measures or best
management practices (BMPs) developed by the Water Conservation Technical Roundtable.
^ Evaluate if recent, post-drought water demand reductions are permanent or a reflection of
the drought shadow and recent economic conditions.
^ Use a Simplified Water Allocation Model to test the impacts of implementing permanent
conservation measures and reallocation of conserved water on supply reliability.
^ Based on the analysis of impacts of conservation on supply reliability, identify the
opportunities and challenges f or the use of conserved water as a source of future water
supply (identify storage and conveyance needs, institutional challenges, etc.). Evaluate how
much of our future MB~I water needs can be met by implementing different water
conservation measures
Action Item
At their August 2008 meeting, the IBCC had an in-depth discussion on MB~I conservation.
This discussion will be summarized to guide further evaluation of this strategy.