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Joe Barsugli's Group <br />A Importance of communication and education at all levels <br />➢ Understanding how water systems work among the populace <br />➢ Keeping the memory of drought alive! <br />➢ Landscaping and demand hardening; where does this go next time? <br />➢ Demand for more storage; general conflict between the desire for better <br />supplies yet also desire for more non - consumptive needs and environmental <br />protections <br />➢ Better predictions and observations <br />➢ Streamline bureaucracy at state engineer and federal level so can quickly <br />respond - streamline all levels of governance <br />Chad McNutt's Group <br />➢ Better coordination among water providers <br />➢ When is it a drought? Not a drought until it's gone <br />➢ Identifying triggers <br />➢ Characterization of customers and demand patterns and behavior <br />➢ Consistent messaging across water provider lines and districts <br />➢ Lack of ability to share water <br />➢ Better forecasting for agriculture; planting influence, etc. <br />➢ Water rates and value of water; drought has changed rates and structures; value <br />of conservation <br />Group Wrap -Up /Additions <br />➢ Perception of vulnerability between urban and suburban water users <br />➢ Education and planning to buffer mismatch; never going to be 100% for extreme <br />events <br />➢ Mountain counties /granite rock: need well monitoring as indicators of drought <br />and impacts on streamflow <br />➢ Water providers view drought as a failure in planning —not necessarily true <br />➢ Drought as a catalyst for longer term changes; need flexibility /adaptability in the <br />plans <br />➢ Did 2002 last long enough? How would thing be different now if it had? <br />➢ Landscape water restrictions were the buffer (conservation); but what about <br />now that we are now using more efficient tools <br />Breakout Discussion #2: <br />What will be the most difficult (top 5) and important challenges climate change will <br />pose for Colorado in the future? <br />➢ Reduced yields to native flows and changes in trans -basin diversion for the Front <br />Range <br />➢ Increase consumptive use; decreased return flows <br />➢ Increased conflict and competition <br />