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Members of the Southwest Basin Water Roundtable are taking comments and offer information on the Colorado Statewide Water Plan. Although the Colorado Water Conservation Board approved the draft State Water Plan to present to the Governor, comments will be accepted  late into 2015 before it is finalized. Each of the State’s water basins sent drafts of their Basin Implementation Plans (BIPs) to the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) earlier this fall after more than a year of work. In addition, the Joint Legislative Committee on Water Issues conducted listening sessions across to the State to gather public opinion on the State Water Plan with the intent of developing legislation on water issues. Now, the CWCB is drafting the State Plan around the BIPs previously submitted so it make it to the Governor’s desk by December 10, 2014. It is expected the Governor will review the draft, make comments and return it to the CWCB for redistribution to the various roundtables for ...