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40 <br /> 1 brief . In Colorado , we ' ve got a gap between supply • <br /> 2 and demand that we ' ve documented well . We know more <br /> 3 about that gap than ever before in our history . It <br /> 4 could be as much as half a million Acre Feet by <br /> 5 2030 . We also know our population is going to grow <br /> 6 by as much as two million people by, by 2030 , so <br /> 7 we ' re at five million now . It would be two more <br /> 8 million , and the Broncos are going to keep beating <br /> 9 the Chiefs , so we ' re going to see a continued influx <br /> 10 , of people from Kansas . <br /> 11 But , you know, and we may not know it in <br /> 12 Colorado , but this last November, a report just came <br /> 13 out this morning from the National Weather Service • <br /> 14 or NOAA, and it shows that this last November was <br /> 15 the warmest in :recorded history as far as global <br /> 16 temperature , so whether you call it climate change <br /> 17 or global warming or whatever you call it , we don ' t <br /> 18 really care . It ' s the fact is that the , you know, <br /> 19 we ' re dealing with quite a bit of variability in our <br /> 20 systems and, you know, and this last six-month <br /> 21 period was indicative of ' that . <br /> 22 We went from wildfire in one part of the state <br /> 23 to , in several parts of the state , to drought <br /> 24 through almost the entire state , to flooding of - - <br /> 25 on a scale that was unprecedented . We ' ve never seen 410 <br />