AWWA ACE61646

The overall objective of the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) is to help Coloradomaintain an adequate water supply for its citizens and the environment. SWSI is not intended totake the place of local water planning initiatives. Rather, it is a "forum" to develop a commonunderstanding of existing water supplies and future water supply needs and demandsthroughout Colorado, and possible means of meeting those needs. The Colorado WaterConservation Board (CWCB), through the SWSI and future efforts, is helping support andidentify solutions to these water supply needs. SWSI is a bottom-up process founded on "basinroundtable" technical meetings in each of the state's 8 major basins and public input.In many basins, local planning entities have completed studies, identified projects, and arecapable of implementing those projects. SWSI has documented and summarized thesesituations. In other basins, entities may need assistance with planning, and/or may needassistance implementing identified projects. In these cases SWSI is addressing planning andimplementation needs, identifying projects for possible implementation, and developingstrategies for project implementation including potential cooperative and collaborative efforts.By taking both a basin and statewide perspective, SWSI identifies issues and water supplyneeds and projects that may require coordination by more than one planning entity, or that maybe beyond the capabilities of a single entity. Through the SWSI effort, the CWCB will identify if,when, or where this situation might arise, and present possible solutions to achieve acooperative and collaborative initiative. Includes tables, figures.

Product Details

Edition:

Vol. - No.

Published:

06/17/2005

Number of Pages:

10

File Size:

1 file , 2.1 MB