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<br />BISTOIIC , PIOJECTED POPULATIOI <br />rOI BOULDEI, LAIIMEI AID <br />WELD COUITIES <br /> <br />CD COLORADO STATE PLANNING OFFICE <br />PROJECTION - LOW <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />COLORADO STATE PLANNING OFFICE <br />PROJECTION - HIGH <br /> <br />o COUNTY PLANNING OFFICES <br />PROJECTIONS <br /> <br />, <br />/ 703 <br />, , 700 <br />0, , <br />, 1 <br /> <br />1 10 <br />1 1 <br />, I ,.' <br /> <br />1 , ~ ....CD <br />~ I "432 <br />C' ~ <br />~- , ~ <br />"'I' 'J<<...... <br />r. p' ,::,'v '" <br />~v , ",0 '" <br />c~ , <br />~<f. /~.rp ,~ <br /> <br />,-O,-AL <br /> <br /> <br />/ ,,"":;.." <br />/ ",""" ~1(,.~ <br />/ 't\5)." .... ~\ <br />~."" "f>. <br />" <br /> <br />WELD <br /> <br />1970 <br /> <br />1900 <br /> <br />1920 <br /> <br />LARIMER <br />1940 /960 <br /> <br />1980 <br /> <br />A review of data on M&I water consumption <br />in nine communities in the study area for the <br />1973-1974 period shows that the present <br />use is about 230 gallons per capita per day <br />(gal/per capita/d). This compares with a <br />national average of about 150 gal/per <br />capita/d. Johnstown, a highly industrialized <br />town in Weld County, used more than 600 <br />gal/per capita/d in 1959. Historically, the <br />per capita water use for municipal and <br />industrial purposes has been increasing, and <br />this trend is expected to continue in the <br />future. <br /> <br />The approximately 1,218,000 acre-feet of <br />surface and ground water shown on exhibit <br />IV-6 (Part IV) as the total supply available <br />within the study area is being stretched <br />severely in order to satisfy municipal, <br />industrial, and agricultural demands. <br /> <br />From the standpoint of municipal and <br />industrial use, water problems stem from <br />the rapidly expanding urban growth, <br />overappropriated streamflows, difficulties in <br />acquiring and developing new water rights, <br /> <br />EXHIBIT m- I <br />800 <br /> <br /> <br />600 <br /> <br />lI) <br />'" <br />527 Z <br />500 ~ <br />::> <br />o <br />:J: <br />... <br />400 1 <br />Z <br />o <br />300 Ei <br />...J <br />::> <br />"- <br />o <br />200 "- <br /> <br />/00 <br /> <br />o <br />2000 <br /> <br />inadequate upstream reservoir storage <br />capacity, and a need to consolidate existing <br />distribution systems. <br /> <br />Problems of irrigated agriculture along the <br />Front Range relate primarily to the growing <br />competition between agricultural water use <br />and other uses. Other interests, such as <br />municipal and industrial, fish and wildlife, <br />recreation, and environmental, are <br />beginning to look at all possible avenues for <br />acquiring irrigated lands and their water <br />rights as a means of satisfying their needs. <br />As a result, there is a growing concern about <br />the transfer of water from agricultural use <br />to other uses, the breakup of irrigated land <br />continuity as a result of random <br />development of urban tracts on previously <br />irrigated lands, and the change of stream <br />regimen and diminishing return flows. <br /> <br />Planners and local interests should consider <br />the desirability of preserving those lands <br />and water rights that are best suited for crop <br />production and for meeting the Nation's <br />needs for food and fiber and for improving <br />national economic efficiency. This becomes <br /> <br />111-2 <br />