WSP01445

• File Number: 8050.100
• Description: Section D General Statewide Issues - State Policies - General
• State: CO
• Date: 1/1/1999
• Author: Colorado Farm Bureau
• Title: Agricultural Water Policy Development - Reference Materials - Colorado Water Development Study-1999 Update
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Population
""'iections
Population projccnons han:
been updated for the state and
for the se\"cn \'('atcr Dinslons
using curren[ data from the
State Demography Secoon.

Statewide populauon IS
projected to Increase ftom 4.0
million in 1998 TO 10.6 million
10 2100, with the largest
growth ro occur In the Front
Range communUlcs located In
\'(.Tatcr Oiyision 1. .:.

Municipal & Industrial
It.'ater Use Trends
Population proJccuons were
us(,'d to project future
mUOIcipal and industrial
~I&r) water rCljuUl'mcnts.
~[&I water usage was
estimated based on the
assumpuon that 1 acre-foot of
water will suppott -I. persons
for onc year. Sratc\1,;de :-'1&1
use is projected to increase
from 1.0 million acre-feet in
1998 to 2.7 million acre-feet in
2100 If prescnt per capita use
factors continue. .:.

Agricultural Water
Use Trends
Acreage of trri!-,'"3tcd land has
remained fairly constant 10
Colorado since the nud.1970s,
~onetheless. irnganon water
use has declined by about 15
percent o\'er the past 15 years
due to a combmation of
generally fa\'orable clim.atic
conditions and imprm-cd
trngation practices, State\\;de
agncultural water use is nO[
expected to tncrease through
the rear 2100. .:.

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PrOjected M&I Water Requiremenls to Support Colorado Population

Need for SNfrl.,wide .J...1....h.. De".Iop.....,. Pr.l:;r_._ C.lllinuaCo.

l'he p:-.pu1.J1lon and U";lle:r u.-e tnnd.~ !hrNn alwl\l;: emrlu= thc.-1lt"nI. for the COIlDm1.l.l:iOIl of a
SUll'UU pl\Jc("SS fOf the de\-dopmmt ofu-atn"pnljlXb IOlllCre".lSe meu"JIt.'f rnoun:.es :.l\-.ubbk.
Over fifry pnl/<<"ts III the pbnrung rl"lXC1\S U't'IT rlenufied In the 19% C...oIorAdo \\;'aTCl'
[ko.'dopmmt :5tud)', Excdbn ~plcs of su:h rf0!t'Ct5 hoth complr:ted and 1ft the dntt-.pn'lOl1
pnlCrSS mclu.k

. Dcn\'c:r 'X"aler's Imegr.md Resource: PLrn thai e:\';uuales Its furure U-Ale:r supp~' opoons
. Southn~tem Colondo W,ut"r Consen-mq' OIstnct's Furure \'rater Stonge md :>-:c:eds
,\SSC:Sm1ctlt process 10 devdop firm .igncultunl md muruap;u suppues through the reollr
2o.w
. ~orthem Color.ido \\'.iler Consefv~~' Dtstnct's Southern \\;'atef Supply ProJC(t u-hich
pro\-xles Big lbomp:;.on uAler to muructp.1.l mOOes uuhtn th{O Distnct
. Connmutlon of the pLuuung dfans~' .1 ulde consortium to ensure the: consrructlon of
the _\rum..Is LA PlIla Prol<<"t
. The dC'~'e1(lpment of proJCCIS such :.J.S Wolford ~lounl.ml which benefit dJ~'er~
geogupluc.1.l ~d lI.>C'r mtneSIS .