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Delineate a Process for Decisionmaking <br />Through the SWSI process, a set of nine major <br />"water management objectives" were developed <br />(Figure 1), refined, and then used to evaluate <br />options for addressing Colorado's future water <br />needs. These objectives represent the overarching <br />interests in water management -they define <br />major goals of water users in clear, <br />understandable terms. These objectives can be <br />used in decisionmaking to move stakeholders <br />towards common ground for developing future <br />water supply alternatives. This will be integrated <br />with the IBCC Visioning Process. <br />Sustainably Meet Municipal & <br />Industrial Demands <br />Sustainably Meet Agricultural Demands <br />Optimize Existing and Future <br />Water Supplies <br />Enhance Recreational Opportunities <br />Provide for Environmental Enhancemen <br />Promote Cost Effectiveness <br />Protect Cultural Values <br />? Provide for Operational Flexibility ? <br />Comply with All Applicable Laws, <br />Regulations, and Water Rights <br />Figure ? <br />SWS/ Objectives <br />Update on Basin <br />Roundtable <br />Nonconsumptive Needs <br />Assessment <br />The goal of the nonconsumptive needs assessment <br />(NCNA) is to provide an objective, science-based <br />set of evaluation tools for basin roundtables and <br />other stakeholders to utilize in making informed <br />decisions about future water supply management. <br />Science-based evaluation tools will facilitate <br />analyses of ways to maintain or enhance the <br />environmental and/or recreational values <br />associated with rivers, reservoirs, and lakes while <br />developing water supplies to meet current and <br />future domestic, municipal, commercial, <br />industrial, and agricultural water supply needs. In <br />fulfillment of this goal, the process will seek to <br />identify both non-flow aspects (i.e., habitat, <br />geomorphology, public access, etc.) and the <br />minimum flows needed to achieve the resource <br />management objectives. <br />The methodology for completing the NCNA focuses <br />on a two-step process for evaluating <br />nonconsumptive needs -prioritization and <br />quantification. <br />- Build Upon Establish ? <br />Attributes Priorities P <br />a <br />N <br />Areas Where A <br />BRTs Need Site-Specific <br />z Quantification ? <br />Quantification <br />a N <br />U <br />Z <br />Q <br />Watershed <br />Flow Evaluation <br />Tool <br />Figure 2 <br />Nonconsumptive Needs Assessment Overview <br />-3- <br />4 <br />S ??j,? <br />?~?-' r <br />?' 1 <br />.¢, i <br />.? <br />,{} <br />??. <br />?;i i? ? ????? ?? <br />??? cti??.,,.;.=. ? ?: <br />f?r?T?J?].