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<br />: on eight critical water objectives
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<br />~:,>~~-,,~R,"'.IACCOrding..tOlf.!Statewide study...comrriissioned by the,.1 .
<br />Colorado Water.ConservatlOn .Board.{CWCB), Coloradans agree that':
<br />. thestat,wat"r.supply should meet eight critical objectives. The fmdings',.
<br />were.preseritedin a report made to the'board at its meeting in Denver.
<br />. 1.'heei@;t obj~ctivesare:. .... ....
<br />".,:..Mee~mum~_,pal, l1~dustnal and agricultural demandsm a sustamab1e'
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<br />.'-"'Opti~ize'eiistingwater supplies .'
<br />,''Enhance recreational opportunities
<br />. . . ProvideJor'environmental.enhancement . ,'.:.
<br />:l;; ~~..Pro:moi~ cost:effectiveness . iI"
<br />. '~~ 'i:.Pri)tect;cultuialv.alues . . '", "", 'of;.
<br />""~"Providefor.operationaHJexibility.,'.... '. :.~:._..---..".
<br />. Comply with appJicable:]awsarid :regulations'.. ." .": :..' .. ,:,
<br />.. . "'Yeknpw the demands. for waterwi!lcolltimie tOl~ncrease," 'said "
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<br />Burlington Record
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<br />Thursday, January'B, 2004
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<br />.' ~reg Walch:.r, e~ecuti~'e dir~ctorofthe Colorado Departmeni of~~~' I
<br />esources,., and that 'IS why the work ofSWS1'" . ra
<br />study wll1eriable us to find com reh .' ,.:. IS .so ~mportant This
<br />. solutions to meeting current and flture ~~~J:f~;~~atet ~nd' balanced.
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<br />:~~e~~~~?.nh~es~i~~~,~~~:~t;;:f:l~.~r:sta~~? ~~~,bal~ein~~~e:~~~di~~~~ .
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<br />'::'This is a critieal1Y'iffip~rt~iit:ciev~ro;;:;~~t.lr'~")\;";';; ';;: .. '.' ... .....
<br />Ene WIlkmson;;chair',of the'CWCK ,.t t .. grtW?TeaSOns, ,..added,.
<br />Colorado,butthisshowsthatthe'f "', tllir}sacontentlOuslssue m..
<br />on certain key issues. Moreov~: I~~~ ~hate state canreaehagreement.
<br />consensus, we can begin to identif wa s to we know whe;e there.1S
<br />water shortage i~ ways that meet ~hes~ ob' :~tl~~;:o]orado s ongomg
<br />concems and deSIres of'Coloradans,"he ad~ed" ...... ~~?;;thus meet ,t~e .
<br />Fmdmg common objeCtives was one of the fi~st t~sk~';'l; {fid"D . ,.
<br />the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) a JO I en IhIe dor
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<br />August. "lOne l. e stat~l e?;s~t~re a~<i theCWSB that begari in
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