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➢ Public health resources due to air quality <br />Of the things that went right -why? Was it due to good decision - making or other? <br />➢ Money from state to deal with fire impacts <br />Jeff Lukas' Group <br />Impacts from the 2002 Drought <br />➢ 11% of water from McPhee reservoir <br />➢ Needed early warning about the severity of the drought <br />➢ "Frustrated and Futile" <br />• Easy to administrate: everyone was "off" <br />• Domestic /municipal- enough for <br />➢ Domestic supply was an issue - agriculture water turned off <br />➢ Some agriculture water had senior rights, more senior than domestic rights <br />➢ Equity was violated <br />➢ There was cooperation between irrigators and municipal in some basins <br />➢ Missionary Ridge: fire affected water quality <br />➢ Growth of municipalities feels unfair <br />➢ Wells for growing Denver suburbs -no planning <br />➢ Everyone became aware of water's volume in 2002 <br />➢ Unpermitted wells caused problems <br />➢ San Juan valleys had more conflict <br />➢ San Juan Water Conservancy District has been planning now since 1980's <br />➢ Big straw from San Juan in Pagosa in place for 2012 <br />➢ Long -range planning critical <br />What would have helped? <br />➢ Good climate observations /monitoring <br />➢ Long -range forecasts would have helped <br />➢ Drought monitor will help <br />➢ Better seasonal streamflow forecasting <br />➢ System modeling that estimates future runoff and demand <br />➢ Better seasonal price forecasting <br />➢ More proactive in shaping demand and use <br />➢ Planning to facilitate proactive measures <br />➢ Comprehensive plan to cover agriculture and municipal uses <br />➢ Changing water rate structures <br />➢ Projections of growth and development <br />➢ How to share costs of drought? Need to anticipate backlash to fee increases <br />➢ More coordination of water administration and law enforcement to deal with water <br />violations <br />➢ Take another look at the equity issues: reexamine the priority system? <br />Top 5 Needs <br />1. Basin wide comprehensive planning for Drought <br />