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<br />Knowledge about the techniques and impaets
<br />of conservation and water salvage is extensive,
<br />In the area of urban water conservation, CWRRI
<br />has published a number of reports about
<br />techniques and Colorado case studies. Bruvold
<br />recently reviewed numerous reports and compiled
<br />them into a "modelll of conservation management
<br />(Bruvold, 1988). The American Water works
<br />Association presented a handbook on
<br />conservation (American Water works Association,
<br />1984). Both of these pUblications list the
<br />usual methods: supply enhancement techniques
<br />such as metering, leak detection, pressure
<br />reduction, and watershed management; and demand
<br />measures such as pricing, building code
<br />restrictions, water use restrictions and public
<br />education.
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<br />In the area of agricultural water use
<br />knowledge is also extensive. The Council for
<br />Agricultural Science and Technology (1988)
<br />presented a comprehensive educational booklet
<br />on the subject in 1988. They state that
<br />discussions about agricultural water
<br />conservation are often hopelessly confused by
<br />lack of agreement on the nature and benefits of
<br />conservation; that water savings almost
<br />inevitably occur as a result of price increases
<br />for water; and that public policies triat seek
<br />to increase agr~cultural water conservation on
<br />a basinwide basis will be difficult to
<br />implement due to compleXity of water rights and
<br />management systems.
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<br />CWRRI made an investigation of the impacts
<br />of improving efficiency of irrigation systems
<br />in the lower part of the South Platte Basin
<br />(Morel-Seytoux, and others 1979). Based on a
<br />computer modeling exercise, the study concluded
<br />that introducing weter-saving devices on farms
<br />would not reduce the amount of water leaving
<br />the state and prOVide more for Colorado water
<br />right owners, either senior or junior. The
<br />study concluded that better use of ground and
<br />surface waters together, in a "management
<br />scheme", is the only way to increase total
<br />utilization of basin water within Colorado.
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<br />In Colorado the concepts of water use
<br />efficiency, conservation, and water salvage
<br />must be cons1dered within the context of
<br />overall water resources plannin; and
<br />management. Since in Colorado the terms
<br />"planninq" and "management" as they relate to
<br />water arouse stro~q passions, the state needs
<br />a better understanding of what they are and
<br />what their benefits can be. This requires
<br />research, data, collaboration amonq water users
<br />and public education programs.
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<br />References
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<br />American Water Works Association, Before the
<br />Well Runs Dry: A handbook for designing a local
<br />conservation plan, Denver, 1994
<br />
<br />Bruvold, William M.,
<br />conservation, California
<br />center, Riverside, September,
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<br />Municipal water
<br />Water Resources
<br />1988
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<br />council for Agricultural Science and
<br />TeChnOlogy, Effective Use of Water in Irrigated
<br />AgriCUlture, Report 113, Ames, Iowa, 1988
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<br />Morel-Seytou~, M.J., T. Illangasekare, M.W.
<br />B1ttinger and Norman A. Evans, The Impacts of
<br />Improving Efficiency of Irrigation systems on
<br />Water Ava11ability in the Lower South Platte
<br />River Basin, CWRRI Information Series 33, Ft.
<br />collins 1979.
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<br />REQUEST FOR WATBR RBSBARCH PROPOSALS
<br />
<br />CLOSING DATB:
<br />
<br />March 17, 1989
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<br />Preproposals are invited for the COlori)0
<br />Water Resources Research Institute F1 19a9-~~
<br />water research program. The program supportl
<br />research to help solve important Colorado water
<br />problems such as the following list which has
<br />been identified by the Institute's Research
<br />planning AdVisory Committee:
<br />
<br />Conjunctive management
<br />groundwater
<br />
<br />of surface and
<br />
<br />Economic value of nonconsumptive water
<br />uses
<br />
<br />Economics of alternative strategies for
<br />fishery enhancement
<br />
<br />Fate of metals 1n Colorado streams
<br />
<br />Technology for new uses of the satellite
<br />stream monitoring system
<br />
<br />Improvement in drought forecasts
<br />
<br />Improvement in runoff forecasts: flood,
<br />late season
<br />
<br />Preservation of wetlands: economic costs
<br />and benefits
<br />
<br />Improvement in urban storm runoff control
<br />measures
<br />
<br />Biological effects of metals on aquat1c
<br />organ1sms
<br />
<br />Streamflow criteria
<br />discharge permits
<br />
<br />for
<br />
<br />flow.based
<br />
<br />Reclamation of polluted groundwater
<br />
<br />Evaluation of- impacts of water exports on
<br />basin-of-origin
<br />
<br />TeChnology
<br />recharqe
<br />
<br />In addition, research is needed to
<br />improve: Colorado water law, poliCies and
<br />institutions; water management and decision-
<br />making; water-use efficiency; water quality;
<br />and the protection of the environment, instream
<br />flows and agriculture. preproposals on these
<br />general topics are welcome.
<br />
<br />for
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<br />efficient
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<br />qroundwate,r
<br />
<br />Project Duration
<br />
<br />Awards will be made for one year beginning
<br />september 1, 1989.
<br />
<br />E!!!'ds Available
<br />
<br />For 1988-89 CWRRI awarded eight projects
<br />with direct costs in the range of $20,000 each.
<br />This year we expect to award about the same
<br />number of projects subject to the availab111ty
<br />of state and federal funds.
<br />
<br />Indirect Costs/cost Sharing
<br />
<br />Indirect costs must be provided as a cost-
<br />sharing contribution by the perform1nq
<br />institution. In 1989-90 federal requirements
<br />for cost sharing go to 2:1. Depending on state
<br />funds made available by the General ~s.embly
<br />CWRRI may have to ask investigators for
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