Facing evolving challenges from climate change and population growth, the Colorado Water Conservation Board sought a revision of their Colorado Water Plan (CWP). Coordinating with stakeholders from across the State, BC developed an action-focused update to the CWP by prioritizing projects into strategy-focused plans for each of the State’s nine basins to identify and secure the state’s future water needs. This statewide framework integrated the impacts of climate change, environmental needs, projections about future water supplies, and estimates of gaps to comprehensively and consistently inform the future of Colorado’s water supply planning. State water planners are now able to frame future water supply issues in a more comprehensive manner. and identify and prioritize water supply strategies in ways that consider an uncertain future.
