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<br />'. <br /> <br />PART I--INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Few, if any, issues are more crucial for future development of <br /> <br />Colorado than effective use and management of the state's water resources. <br /> <br />. Unpre.cedented population and economic growth during the postwar period <br /> <br />!:,-{ <br />has resultiflg in unanticipated needs and use of water, Coupled with this, <br /> <br />the state is now faced with declining water tables in the Great Plains <br /> <br />sector, some streams and lakes have become seriously polluted, and in <br /> <br />80me :lrc~.s critical watcr shortages have c!e\'cJoped. <br /> <br />As the State population continues to grow, so will the need for water. <br /> <br />Moreover, with the larger population will come an increased potential for <br /> <br />water pollution, As we face the water problems of today and tomorrow, <br /> <br />we must respond to the emerging concept of environmental enhancement. <br /> <br />We must continue to assess, plan, lise, and manage our water and related <br /> <br />land resources in an intelligent and prudent manner, <br /> <br />Currently, a significanl and important segment of the Colorado <br /> <br />citizenry is concerned and outspoken about the courses of action that <br /> <br />should be followed lo utilize the available water supplies and to alleviate <br /> <br />i. <br /> <br />scarcity in "'awl' deficient areas. Some of the questions being posed are: <br /> <br />(1) what new measures of waler conservation should bl' instituted in bolh <br /> <br />0365 <br /> <br />--------~. <br />~-- <br /> <br />- - ~ - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - --- <br />- - ------- <br />