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<br />" ", ~ t"d'l '1 <br />" "i;;Jd <br />00 I oq:> <br /> <br />Dr a ft - 9/ 81 <br /> <br />future, contingencies or alternatives must be considered. The <br /> <br />medium figure should not be interpreted as an "exact" projection <br /> <br />but instead as the maximum liklihood value or the "single best <br /> <br />projection." The medium figure should, according to analysis, <br /> <br />result in figures which are too high in 50 percent of the cases <br /> <br />and too low in the remaining 50 percent. <br /> <br />It is highly unreason- <br /> <br />able to expect the medium figure to be "right" in any particular <br /> <br />county at any particular time." <br /> <br />(Colorado Division of Planning, <br /> <br />1979, p. 1.) <br /> <br />Personnel in the Division of Planning are quick to caution <br /> <br />that population projections are often misunderstood as the <br /> <br />state's policy projections or goals. Rather, Colorado county <br /> <br />population projections are mainly trend extrapolations from past <br /> <br />growth trends. The results do not in any sense constitute poli- <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />cies regarding population growth or decline; they may, however, <br /> <br />be used to analyze the adequacy or attainment likelihood of vari- <br /> <br />ous existing population policies (Colorado Division of Planning, <br /> <br />1979, p. 1). <br /> <br />Population Projections for Individual Hydrologic Reqions <br /> <br />Platte <br /> <br />The 1979 population estimate for the Platte Region is <br /> <br />1,840,900. <br /> <br />(Sixty percent of Teller County population projec- <br /> <br />tions were allocated to the South Platte Region on the basis of <br /> <br />1970 population distribution within the county.) This consti- <br /> <br />tutes 67.8 percent of the state's entire 1979 population. The <br /> <br />region will experience massive growth during the next twenty <br /> <br />4 <br />