Drought Response Plan

May, 2004

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List of Appendices Executive Summary Triggers Drought Response Program Recommended Responses to Stage 1 Drought Recommended Responses to Stage 2 Drought Recommended Responses to Stage 3 Drought Recommended Responses to Stage 4 Drought Public Outreach Internal Communication Introduction Drought Response Plan History Drought Response Plan Components Defining Drought Firm Yield Long-term Conservation Efforts Triggers Societal Effects Water Supply Triggers Triggering Action: To Wait or Not To Wait? Risk Associated with Forecasts Drought Response Program Increasing Water Supply Decreasing Water Demand Use of Water Not Provided by Denver Water Stage 1 Drought Response Stage 2 Drought Response Stage 3 Drought Response Stage 4 Drought Response Public Outreach Communication During Drought Outline for a Drought Communication Plan Customer Survey Communication with Interest Groups Other Front Range Water Providers Comments from the Public Internal Communication Drought Response Committee Executive Drought Committee Drought Compliance Committee Drought Ambassadors Program Summary Watching for Drought
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List of Appendices
Technical and background information used to prepare this Drought Response Plan is available in the Drought Response Appendix Document, from the Office of General Information (303 628-6583 or e-mail). Live on Inflow Analysis Cloud Seeding Recycle Water Customer Response Survey Water Allocation Program Weather Model Demand Hardening 2002–2003 Drought Timeline Estimated Savings Lessons Learned During the 2002–2003 Drought Drought Recurrence Intervals History of Water Use Restrictions Supply Augmentation Alternatives Reducing Deliveries to Outside City Contracts
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