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<br />i. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The primary activities Yhich yould be undertaken with the <br />new position yould be as folloys: <br /> <br />1. Establish an interagency yater efficiency work group <br />consisting of the Board and agencies such as the <br />Division of Water Resources, Geological Survey, <br />Groundwater Commission, Soil Conservation Board, <br />Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, and <br />Colorado State University. <br /> <br />2. Provide coordination among agencies within the work <br />group so as to identify and implement effective <br />programs for improvements in water efficiency while <br />avoiding duplication of efforts. <br /> <br />3. Advise conservancy districts and others on how to <br />comply yith the requirements of the Reclamation <br />Reform Act Yhich concern improvements in yater <br />efficiency. <br /> <br />4. Assemble literature and data on means to improve <br />yater efficiency and distribute it to potential <br />users, yorking through established organizations such <br />as conservancy districts. groundyater management <br />districts, and municipalities. <br /> <br />s. Assist yater users in proposing projects for <br />improvements in water efficiency for private and <br />federal funding and in pursuing such funding. <br /> <br />6. Investigate the utility of and means by which <br />educational materials could be prepared and <br />disseminated for use in primary and secondary schools. <br /> <br />7. Assist the task forces and other interstate efforts <br />of the Western Governors' Association in their water <br />efficiency initiatives in 1987-89. <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />Even as Colorado continues to pursue the development of its <br />remaining compact entitlements, it is important to remember <br />that economic realities and the fact that some basins are <br />already utilizing all, or nearly all, available water supplies <br />dictate that Colorado also equip itself to improve the <br />efficiency of the use of this finite resource when it is cost <br />effective and otherwise desirable to do so. In a growing <br />number of situations, it will simply make good financial sense <br />to more efficiently use already developed water supplies, <br />rather than to develop additional increments of new supplies. <br /> <br />-2- <br />