BOARD00667

• Board Meeting Date: 3/16/2004
• Description: WSP Section - Statewide Water Supply Initiative ‎(SWSI)‎ Status Update
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

BURLINGTON REcORD

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Thursday. February 19, 2004

-Colorado's
future water
demand
projection

DeltUlnd tv increase by 60
percent by 2030, according
tv first phase vf analysis'
, DENVER -:- Representatives
,or the histone Statewide Wa-
ter Supply Initiative (SWSl)
recently told the Colorado Wa-
ter Conservation Board (CW-
eB) that mmal findings show"
tllat Colorado's cities and in-
dustnal users will need an ad"
dltlOnal 708,000 acre feet of
water by the year 2030. ,.
"This is a 60 percent in:
crease in muni cipal and indus"
tnal demand, enough water to'
;upplya new city of more than
_.5 mllhon people in Colo-'
rado," said Rick Brown of the
CWCB.

"This . information shows
\.vhy It IS so irnportanl for
SWSJ to move on to the next
pnase of the study where We
i a~ examme the variety of so-
,ullOllS tbat can be used to
meet tbis demand."
Possible solutions include.
con.servation, cooperative ef~
forts betvo'een v':ater interests
Teu~e of existing water, trans~
fCfFU1g . water rights, rehabili-
tat~n!f' ImprO'.'ing or enlarging
~x~Stl!1g \vater facilitie.s:. and
DU!}~ll1g n~w supply facIlItles. ,
Never III the 'history of the
state has a comprehensive
statewide analysis been done
that links Colorado's future
water demand and supply with
. a process that is focused on
. fmdmg solutions to meeting
the state's future needs" said
. Eric Wilkinson.. chair ~f the
CWCB. '

: "This study will provide a
i solid foundation for 10caUriR
i lerests, state pobcy-makers;
: and water providers to deter"
! mine the best ways to meet
i current and future demands for
: water, and to be better pre"_
j'pared to deal with droughts:
'such as the current extreme;,
! multi-vear drought our state'
: continues to face.'l' .-'.~'.
: The analysis shows that mue'
I nicipa\ and industrial (M&J);
J demand for water will increase'
! in every one of. Colorado's;:
i eight river basins over the ne",t:
,30 '1ears. "
the Colorado and Dolores/-
San Ju:u1lMigllel Basins are
projected to have the greatest
percentage increase, while the
North Platte and Rio Grande
will have the least.

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