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Colorado Water
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February 2006 Issue
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South Platte Basin Roundtable Update <br />By Elizabeth R. McVicker <br />Center of Colorado Water Conservancy District, <br />Member of South Platte Basin Roundtable <br />The South Platte Basin Roundtable represents <br />the largest of the nine designated basins cre- <br />ated by HB 1177, the "Colorado Water for the <br />21 st Century Act." Because of the South Platte's <br />lengthy course and many tributaries, its basin <br />contains extremely rural as well as extremely <br />urban areas. The 55 currently appointed and <br />elected members of the roundtable were recruit- <br />ed from counties, municipalities, water districts, <br />water rights owners, interest groups (including <br />environmental, recreational, and agricultural) <br />and water providers from the top of the Rocky <br />Mountains to the Nebraska border (Sedgwick, <br />Phillips, Yuma, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne <br />Counties.) <br />The Basin encloses the most irrigated acres in <br />the state and also has the highest requirements <br />for irrigation (see box); at the same time, <br />nearly two - thirds of the increase <br />in the state's demand for water to <br />meet the needs of municipal and <br />industrial uses will be in the South <br />Platte Basin. By the year 2030, it <br />is anticipated that the entire South <br />Platte Basin will have a "demand <br />shortfall" of more than 90,000 <br />acre -feet, with the highest demand <br />shortfall of 50,300 acre -feet in the <br />South Metro area (See Statewide <br />Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) at <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us.). <br />Despite the sobering predictions <br />and the formidable challenges <br />that lie ahead, the South Platte <br />Basin Roundtable has kept pace <br />with the objectives and goals of <br />HB 1177 and, most notably, has <br />rallied to the spirit of the Act. <br />The members have come together <br />from a vast array of backgrounds, bringing with <br />them strong interests, opinions, and positions <br />along with a willingness to work for the good <br />of our state and the future of our children. The <br />South Platte Basin Roundtable <br />Mission Statement <br />Our mission is to support and encourage <br />the development of voluntary, sustainable, <br />integrated water mechanisms necessary <br />to meet the growing water needs of the <br />South Platte Basin within the framework of <br />Colorado's constitution and statutes. <br />South Platte Basin Irrigation Facts <br />Irrigated land in South Platte basin (excluding Denver Metro <br />Area) in 2000: 1,027,000 acres <br />Water required to irrigate in South Platte basin in 2000: <br />1,798,000 acre -feet <br />See Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) at www.cwcb.state.co.us. <br />Municipal and industrial water users: all of the water use of <br />"a typical municipal system, including residential, commercial, <br />industrial, irrigation, and firefighting. <br />Self - Supplied industrial users: Large industrial water users <br />that have their own water supplies or lease raw water from oth- <br />ers. <br />See Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) at www.cwcb.state.co.us. <br />13 <br />
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