BOARD00845

• Board Meeting Date: 9/10/2002
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Supply of Water In Your County
Adequate or Shortage Next Five Years

~~63'10

123%

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Metro Area

North Front Range

South Front Range

~64%
118%
~~61%
,> ~'&, '~:~: J 38%
~"'~60%
6t >j 29%

Western Slope

Eastern Plains

. Shortage

Adequate

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Question: Do you believe the supply of water in your county will be adequate for the next five years or will
there be a shortage of water?

In 2000, Parker Water asked Douglas County residents the above question; 52% of voters said they expected
a shortage. Douglas County, the nation's fastest growing county, depends primarily on ground water from
deep wells that have been declining in recent years.

In the July 2002 poll, Coloradans were asked whether they believe their area needs additional water supply
projects; 56 percent said yes. South Front Range (64%) and Eastern Plains (61%) voters are most likely to
Identify the need for local projects.

Water Supply Projects Needed Statewide

At the same time media images of drained reservoirs have dominated the news. Caiorado voters say the state
"needs to build additional storage projects to store runoff water for later use." Seventy percent of residents say
the state needs more storage.

Colorado Needs Additional Water Storage

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storage
70'%

Don't know
12%

Sufficiont storflge:
18%.
CirvH AS50cmtes N60 j, July 2002

Question: Do you believe fhe slate of Colorado needs fa build additional sforage projects to store runoff water
for later use or does it have sufficient storage?