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. To determine future demand on the Denver Water system, Task 5 examined population projections, water use patterns, and other data to arrive at projected demand at the time of build-out of the Denver system. An arbitrary date 'of 2045 was selected for build-out; even though full build-out might come earlier or later, the demand projections are not expected to change dramatically. . Task 6 examined the conservation or demand management techniques needed to contain or reduce demand on the Denver system. This particular task was an outgrowth of on- going Denver Water conservation activities dating back to 1979 when Denver was adding the last major structural components to its system, Foothills and Strontia Springs Dam. Since that time, Denver Water has worked with the Board's Citizens Advisory Committee to create and refine a conservation program now nationally recognized among water utilities. The IRP picked up on that effort to reexamine the demand' management alternatives to be included in proposed resource strategies. . . The heart of the analyses came in Task 7, which sought to take the various supply, demand, conservation, and hydraulics or treated water elements, and then formulate them into resource strategies which could be assessed both against each other and against the resource guidelines and evaluation criteria utilized by the Board. In a series of Board discussions, various resource strategies were discussed extensively. In the context of those discussions, the Board also spent considerable time examining Task 8, a task which sought to address the relationship Denver Water would have with those municipal entities outside its service area. . . The result of this internal strategic analysis was that on October 15, 1996, the Board issued its "Board Resource Statement" which set forth a series of policies and preferred strategies for the future. The resource statement articulates various critical Board policies: that its foremost obligation is to serve the City of Denver to build-out; that it will also supply to build-out those suburban contract distributors within its service area; that a near-term strategy can be crafted which centers on conservation, non-potable reuse, and system refinements to meet its customers needs through the year 2030; and that having attended to its principal obligations, Denver Water would be willing to work with metro entities outside its service area to determine whether there are projects which would provide joint benefits and would better help Denver Water meet its commitment to its city and its contract distributors. Through the resource statement, the Board directed staff to begin a two-year examination of possible options with those outside its service area so the Board could assure itself that favorable alternatives would not be overlooked. . . . . 10 .