PUB00057

• Year: 1978
• Title: The Colorado Water Study Directions for the Future
• CWCB Section: Water Conservation & Drought Planning
• Author: EDO DNR
• Description: First publicatiom of the Colorado Water Study volumes
• Publications - Doc Type: Brochure

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Another question as to the scope of the water study was whether
issues relating to water-associated land resources (i.e., flood plains
and wetlands) should be examined. It was concluded that they should
not, largely because flood plain and wetland issues are more properly
viewed as, and arise primarily in the context of, land use concerns.

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One final factor as to scope of the study is the future time
period considered. While planning efforts have typically made pro-
jections 25 or even 50 years into the future, there is growing recog-
nition that no one can accurately forecast events that far in advance.
Consequently, it was thought that a 15 to 20 year planning horizon
was the most that could be justified in view of the many uncertainties
associated with future water uses and developments in Colorado. Thus,
this study's projections have been made only to the year 1995.

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