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<br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />MARCH 1981 <br /> <br />WRl <br /> <br />road crossings, utility crossings, and, as previously mentioned, a severe reduction <br />in the application of herbicides for weed control. The tremendous increase in <br />trespass to the system as a direct result _of this change in land use has also <br />necessitated the development of a system-wide safety sign program. and the <br />addition of numerous access road gate structures and precast concrete buildings <br />to minimize vandalism to facilities and any District liability associated therewith. <br />All of these items have in one way or another increased the cost of operating <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br /> <br />Avera2t' Q""l15 cfs{1l4 Mgd) <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br />1971 <br /> <br />o <br />x <br />'1 <br />" <br /> <br />.. <br />c <br /> <br />,/ <br /> <br /> <br />AverageQ-t8cls.(lZ14&d\ <br /> <br /> <br />lSSl <br /> <br />o <br />November Decem!)er lan~ary February March April May June July August September October <br />District water year <br /> <br />FIG. a.-CST Project Deliveries to Municjp81~Dom.stic Uses <br /> <br />and maintaining the system in terms of increased time required to perform <br />typical duties, <br /> <br />CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />Urbanization versus agriculture has always implied conflict or competition. <br />In a broad sense this has not been and need not be true. Cooperation between <br />these areas of interest can provide for all foreseeable needs for both. So far <br />the expanding needs of minicipalities and industry for water and land have <br />been met for the most part by the purchase of agricultural water rights with <br />some reduction in irrigated acreages. Municipal-domestic uses must have a priority <br />over other uses, and the Colorado Statutes provide for this, This category of <br />use can also afford to pay more than the farmer for the water supply through <br />the free market system as prices continue to rise. Municipal and industrial <br />users can thus afford to develop and appropriate what little water is left as <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLIES <br />WRl b ' <br />n d flo,,"'s in the South Platte Basin or develop "new water" from other aSln~, <br />O;he Windy Gap Project represents this type of <:new wa.ter" deve{o~m~~\ <br />Oll h it is currently going through all the typical enVlIonmenta ur. e_ <br />A~~un~ered by water resource projects today (result~g in p.roj~ct co~~t~;~~~ <br />e . the nei hborhood of two times its original estmate m t e ear ~ ' <br /> <br />~tOi:t:t~ an attra~tive project in tennS OftC~~:~t ~::~:~~~::. ::;~e~~ni~t~:~~fd <br /> <br />d coupled w\th proper managemen b' <br />an ure Northeastern Colorado of a stable water supply to support reasona ie, <br /> <br />a~:nned growth an~ the protection needed to the primary base economy (It <br /> <br />ihe area-irrigated agriculture. 1 h h <br />b. I banization impacts on a water distribution system, a t OUe <br /> <br />~e:~:s~ ~;e ~:r the most part offset by an. increase in labor force requirements <br /> <br />:nd the costs associated therewith are ultimately passed on to the consumer <br /> <br />through the water rate structute. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />\ <br />