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Final Draft - Preferred Storage Options Plan Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District June 8, 2000 Water supply "shortfalls" were estimated in the GEl Study by comparing current water supplies with future demands for the major municipal entities of the District, assuming that Project water allocations for each entity would be used to meet as much of the demand as possible. The analysis did not include any re-allocation of Project water among entities. Results for the high demand projection are summarized below: Project Supply Shortfall (at) High Forecast Region Year: Current 2010 2020 2030 2040 Entities West of Pueblo 0 0 0 390 2,060 Pueblo West 0 0 0 0 0 Pueblo 0 0 0 0 0 Fountain Valley 0 500 24,800 50,400 79,700 Entities East of Pueblo 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 500 24,800 50,790 81,760 (1) Apparent needs in year 2000 based Or! reported water supplies. Deficits ~ssumcd to be met by FrywArk Project watei by year 2010. The majority of the future water shortfalls are projected to occur in the Fountain Valley area (FV A). An additional 24,800 af of water will be needed by the year 2020, increasing to 81,800 afby the year 2040, Approximately 88 percent of this additional water demand is forecast to occur in the CSU service area; however, all the FV A entities will require some additional water by the year 2020. An additional 2,100 afofwater will be required by the entities west of Pueblo by the year 2040. Both Pueblo West and Pueblo appear to have adequate water supplies to meet their long-range needs. However, both entities are projecting a need for storage to regulate their decreed sources of supply. The entities east of Pueblo also appear to have adequate water to meet their needs through the year 2040. They will be using more of their Project water allocation in future years. 2.4 Storage Needs The projected water supply shortfalls do not necessarily translate directly into specific storage needs for each municipal entity. However, individual entities have identified future storage needs based on their own water planning processes. It should be noted that these planning processes vary widely within the District in terms of depth of analysis supporting the storage need. For example, CSU has conducted detailed evaluations of its storage needs to support a request for 45,000 af of storage. Of the year 2040 FV A shortfall shown in the preceding table, J \PROJECTS\99061\Rqxlm\Prefen-cd SOP Final wpd 2-9 m GEl Consultants, Inc.