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<br />. <br /> <br />t, . <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />POLICIES, PROBLE!~ AND PROSPECTS FOR DO}ffiSTIC <br />WATER SUPPLY IN COLORADO CITIES <br /> <br />By <br /> <br />FELIX L. SPARKS, DIRECTOR <br />COLORADO \'lATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> <br />May 25, 1971 <br /> <br />A question which is constantly asked of the staff of <br /> <br />our board concerns the number of urban people we can support <br /> <br />in Colorado with the available water supplies. This is almost <br /> <br />like asking the old theological question of how many angels <br /> <br />can dance on the point of a needle. There are simply too many <br /> <br />unknown and imponderable factors to give a definitive answer. <br /> <br />,Nevertheless, planners, in whatever field, are expected to <br /> <br />provide answers. <br /> <br />Based upon our historic average annual water supply <br /> <br />and current consumptive use for domestic and industrial pur- <br /> <br />poses, I will bravely predict that we can easily support an <br /> <br />urban population of ten million people in the State of Colorado. <br /> <br />With some difficulty, we could probably support an urban <br /> <br />population of perhaps thirty million people. This introduction <br />. <br /> <br />then leads me in to the topic of policies, problems and pros- <br /> <br />pects for domestic water supply in Colorado cities. <br /> <br />"., <br /> <br />. It has been estimated that the consumptiv~ use of <br /> <br />water in Colorado for domestic, municipal and industrial <br /> <br />,. _.....-..~--.~_. <br /> <br />'3a4'O, 366 <br />-._-.. ..-_. <-- <br />