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<br />WHEREAS, Studies made of the water supply and water needs <br />of vari ous portions of the State need to be co 11 ectedand <br />considered as a whole for the efficient management, <br />conservation, and preservation of the water resources of the <br />State; now, therefore, <br /> <br />Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty~ninth General <br />Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives <br />concurring herein: <br /> <br />That a joint report be prepared by the State Engineer and <br />the Colorado Water Conservation Board, which joint report shall: <br /> <br />(1) Inventory the information readilyavailablefor,each <br />water division of this State on the following matters: <br /> <br />(a) The water supply currently available to meet existing <br />needs and the historical and existing levels of water use and <br />the extent of reliance on renewable and nonrenewable supplies <br />of water; <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />(b) The record of drought periods and th-e amount of water <br />supply available in 'times of drought; <br /> <br />,(c) The anticipated shortages in water supplies in times <br />of extended drought to meet the existing and reasonably <br />projected water needs of the State's citizens; <br /> <br />(d) The extent to which existing and reasonably <br />ant i ci pated future needs of the State as a whole are not or <br />cannot be met by water apportioned to the State by interstate <br />compacts or equitable apportionment decrees; <br /> <br />(e) Any other information that is reasonably available <br />and that would assist the State in making informed deCisions <br />about the efficient management, conservation, and preservation <br />of its scarce water resources; <br /> <br />(2) Identify the nature and extent of the information <br />needed to enable the State to make informed decisions regarding <br />efficient management, conservation, and preservation of its <br />scarce water resources;' <br /> <br />(3) Set forth a plan with cost estimates and timelines <br />to obtain the information identified in subsection (2). <br /> <br />PAGE 2-SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 94-32 <br /> <br />,! <br />