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<br />001030 <br /> <br />Dr aft - 9/91 <br /> <br />Appendix III <br />Colorado Permanent Population ProjectIons <br /> <br />PopulatIon predictIon is a fundamental step in the process <br />of anticipating water demand. Thus the first step in predicting <br />dIrect future human water consumption is to produce the most <br />accurate possible population projections. This is attempted <br />below, using the state's eIght hydrologic regions as the frame- <br />work for comparison. <br />Any population projection is only as good as the assumptions <br />and methodology which underlie it. A brief search for existing <br />population projections for different regions of the state shows <br />~ them to be numerous and varied. Various entities (e.g., regional <br />councils of governments, energy companies, chambers of commerce <br />or various divisions of state and local government) have a vested <br />interest in advancing low, medium or high population projections <br />or estimates as specific circumstances warrant. This stems from <br />the fact that funding from state and federal agencies is often a <br />function of population estimates or projections. (In conformance <br />with Colorado Division of Planning terminology, the word "esti- <br />mate" refers to existing population figures and the work "projec- <br />tion" refers to predictions of future populations.) The Division <br />of Planning is the State's lead agency for the preparation of <br /> <br /> <br />population projections. Its projections are probably less sub- <br /> <br /> <br />ject to regional biases than those of local groups. Thus this <br />