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<br />I. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO TRIBUNE <br /> <br />Saturday. January 31 . ?n04 <br /> <br />'~CREASE OF 60% NEEDro;.;;..- <br />SWSI releases state's future, <br />water demand projections al <br />CWCI Board meeting <br /> <br />CWCB 1/28 - Representatives for focused on finding solutions to: <br />the historic Statewide water Sup- meeting the state's future needs;; <br />'ply Initiative (SWSI) on Monday told said Eric WiIldnson. chair of the: <br />the Colorado Water Conservation CWCB. -nus study will provide ... <br />Board (CWCB) that lnitiallindings solid foundation for local interestt;: <br />show that Colorado's cties and in- state policy-makers. and waterpro-', <br />dustrial users will need an adeli- viders to determine the best ways.; <br />tiona170B,OOO acre feet of water by to meet current and future demands', <br />the year 2030. for water. and to be better prepared, <br />"11ris is a 60 percent increase in to deal with droughts such as the,:! <br />municpal and industrial demand. CUIrellt extreme. multi-year drought: <br />. enough water to supply a new dty our state continues to face," ;.:..:i <br />of more than 2.5 million people in The analysis shows that munic':i <br />Colorado; said Rick Brown of the pal and industrial (M&J) demandJ' <br />CWCB. "This infonnation shows for water will increase in every one': <br />why it is so important for SWSI to of Colorado's eight river basins OVe;f. <br />move on to the next 'phase of the the next 30 years. The Colorado and:'1 <br />s~dy where we can examine the Dolores/San Juan/Miguel Basins a..ni:.1 <br />: variety of solutions that can be used projected to have the greatest per;! <br />: to meet this demand." . centage increase, while the North'! <br />Possible solutions include con~ Platte and Rio Grande will have-the~ <br />servation, cooperative efforts be- least. ":~ <br />tween water interests, reuse of ex- <br />isting water, transferring water <br />rights. rehabilitating. improving Dr <br />enlarging existing water facilities. <br />and building new supply facilities. <br />"'Never in the history of the state <br />has a comprehensive statewide <br />analysis been done that links I <br />Colorado'S future water demand. <br />and supply with a prc-:ess that is <br /> <br />'. -~. <br /> <br />l <br />