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<br />001246 <br /> <br />Dr aft - 9/ 8 1 <br /> <br />obvious that as world oil prices continue upward there will be <br /> <br />increasing pressure to develop these reserves, with concomitant <br /> <br />pressure on Colorado's water supplies. In a word, the amount of <br /> <br />water consumed by the 011 .shale industry in Colorado Is currently <br /> <br />insignificant. <br /> <br />In the future, however, this situation may very <br /> <br />well change dramatically. <br /> <br />Chapter 5 will discuss the consumptive <br /> <br />characteristics of oil shale together with projections of the <br /> <br />industry's future size. <br />Tourism and Water Based Recreation13 <br /> <br />In 1980 tourIsm was the fourth largest of the state's indus- <br /> <br />tries. <br /> <br />Vacationers that year spent a total of $1.7 billion and <br /> <br />accounted for the direct employment of 59,093 people. <br /> <br />Outdoor <br /> <br />recreation undoubtedly draws most of Colorado's tourists. <br /> <br />Sig- <br /> <br />nificant decreases in instream flows or the recreational oppor- <br /> <br />i <br />..""".' <br /> <br />tunltles associated with lakes and reservoirs would be felt <br /> <br />throughout the tourist industry. <br /> <br />Thus the existence of water <br /> <br />resources in various forms is responsible for more income to the <br /> <br />state than is accounted for by water-based recreation alone. <br /> <br />The Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation has <br /> <br />recently done a study of the 179 reservoirs In the state with a <br /> <br />surface area of more than 50 acres. <br /> <br />It has found, not surprls- <br /> <br />ingly, that the larger the reservoir, the greater the number of <br /> <br />people it tends to attract. <br /> <br />An example of the drawing power of d <br /> <br />13Sources: Colorado Division of Commerce and Development, Office <br />of Tourism Informati.on and Services, 1981; Abt/west, 1980; Colo- <br />rado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreati.on, 1976; Colorado <br />Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, 1976; Colorado Division <br />of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, 1950; Tyler, Lance H., 1978. <br /> <br />1 3 <br />