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o ,::::J c::' c.c N W Peakinq Power Demand. A separate study of the future demand and market value of peaking power is presently being carried out for the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority. The results of that study will be summarized in the final report of this study. RECREATION RELATED AND OTHER WATER DEMANDS The demand for potable water to serve campgrounds was estimated and deemed too small to be considered as a separate water demand in this study. Water for snowmaking is small in magnitude and basically nonconsumptive. It was decided, therefore, not to include snowmaking as a separate water demand in the study. Water requirements for fishery enhancement, whitewater boating, endangered species, minimum instream flow demands and Federal reserved rights are important to this study and are treated in other study tasks. These demands are not estimated in this task but are mentioned to assure the reader that they will be included in the study. DEMAND FOR RECREATION A qual~tative assessment of the potential demand for increased recreation opportunities in the study area was carried out. A review of existing literature and discussions with recreation planners led to the following conclusions: o Water-based recreation and local level in the the future. Cold water to 2 percent annually. windsurfing is expected over the long term. has shown strong growth on the national, state past and that growth is expected to continue in fishing is projected to grow at the rate of 1.5 Near-term growth of whitewater boating and to be very strong with more moderate growth o The public wants, and is willing to pay for, a quality recreation experience. o Trail related recreation has ranked among the ten most popular outdoor recreation activities for the past 30 years. -6-