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City of Longmont <br />2012Water Supply & <br />Drought Management Plan <br />Purpose: The purpose of the City of Longmont's 2012 Water Supply & Drought <br />Management Plan is to manage the City’s Water Supply and to anticipate, identify and <br />respond to drought in the Saint Vrain Creek watershed area. This plan will evaluate the <br />impact on raw water availability for the City of Longmont and recommend responses to the <br />current water supply and demand forecast. This plan also formalizes the City's planning for <br />future droughts. <br />Methodology and Responsibility: The City of Longmont's Water Supply & Drought <br />Management Plan will be managed by the Water Resources & Environmental Services <br />Division of the Public Works & Natural ResourcesDepartment (Division). Indicators of <br />drought, as outlined in this plan will be monitored by personnel in the Division. The <br />Division will recommend appropriate action, guided by the response plan as outlined in this <br />plan, for response to differing levels of drought. <br />Longs Peak on December 10, 2011 <br />Definition of drought: A <br />drought is typically defined as <br />single or multiple consecutive <br />water years with below <br />average streamflow. For the <br />purposes of drought response <br />planning, the droughts of <br />interest would only include <br />those droughts that, because <br />of severity, directly impact <br />and stress raw water <br />availability for the City of <br />Longmont. <br />Revision Date:April 23,2012 <br />8 <br />