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➢ Water quality <br />➢ Changes in winter recreation <br />➢ Impacts to agriculture: resulting agriculture to urban rights and transfers <br />➢ May not be able to physically or legally fill reservoirs <br />➢ Water quality <br />➢ Water treatment <br />➢ Surface water supplies vulnerable if runoff comes early <br />➢ Energy: water availability for energy development; hydropower <br />➢ Water intensive plants, weeds and invasive species (mussels) <br />➢ Recreation industry <br />➢ Need water for recreation industry as well as endangered species need more water <br />during the spring: Black Canyon on the Gunnison River <br />➢ Plus: white water parks are preventing future rights going elsewhere <br />➢ Water law structure: compacts, etc <br />➢ More water for municipal and industrial <br />➢ Will Colorado's desirability change: migrating here or leaving? <br />➢ Agriculture water use: most directly impacted because of increased demand for <br />longer growing season and more intensive water management <br />➢ More warm days will lead to increasing growing season <br />➢ Increasing administration increasing demand and conflict <br />➢ Non - consumptive uses; fish <br />➢ Education of the public; beyond water from the tap ( #1) <br />➢ Long -term water availability driving everything else <br />➢ Agriculture production impacts and needs <br />➢ Energy demand for water to cool power plants, and more energy <br />➢ Carrying capacity of the land and livestock, endangered species <br />➢ Public health; water and air quality, disease, mossies <br />➢ Economy and tourism: will people still live here? <br />Revised List after Impacts Presentation <br />➢ Christina's group: added migration issues <br />➢ Nolan's group: added citizen commitment <br />➢ Joe's group: added water quality <br />➢ Jeff's group: no additional revisions /changes made <br />