Transcript Colorado Basin Roundtable - Colorado Mesa University

Negotiating our Water Future
in Colorado & the Colorado River Basin
Colorado
Basin Roundtable
Our population is
increasing but there’s
no new water.
Municipal &
Industrial
9%
Environment
Agriculture
86%
Recreation
Many uses
compete for a
scarce and limited
water supply.
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Colorado is facing a “Gap”
How can we fill the gap?
Already planned projects (Windy Gap firming, Moffat Collection System) +
Conservation
Ag to Urban
Transfers
New Projects
(Colorado Basin
development)
The Governor wants a draft plan by the end of 2014 & a final plan by the end of 2015.
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Colorado Basin Roundtable tasks:
 Assess internal needs & identify projects to meet them
 Negotiate how to meet state needs.
Colorado Basin Planning Cycle
Vision of what
CBRT can and
should accomplish
Has BIP met
objectives &
measurable
outcomes?
Inventory &
conclusions of
existing reports
Public
Involvement
Public
Involvement
Constraints &
opportunities
-Water administration
- Current & future
shortages
Implementation
strategies
Projects &
methods to meet
objectives
Values the Colorado Basin Roundtable
has endorsed include (in summary):
•
Solutions in the CO Water Plan should not over-ride local land-use
plans and regulations.
•
The CO Water Plan should protect and not threaten the economic,
environmental, and social well-being of the west slope.
•
Each basin should exhaust available water supply within its own
basin before planning diversions from another.
•
The CO Water Plan should minimize the risk of a Colorado River
Compact Curtailment.
•
The State should not promote a water project until the area where
the project is located agrees.
Your input is needed!
Please:
• Fill out your survey.
• Sign up to get updates as planning
progresses!
Survey questions:
• Was this presentation interesting and helpful? Comments?
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- locally
- statewide
• What approach do you favor to meeting future water needs
- locally
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• What county do you live in?
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