科罗拉多州博尔德市的供水和供水系统规划一直是一个有趣且具有挑战性的过程，不是因为技术问题，而是因为协调该地区水资源竞争利益的政治过程。从历史上看，农业用户是水资源的最大竞争对手，采矿对水质的影响备受关注。最近，基于环境问题的新的水量竞争以最小流量、河道维护流量和保护受威胁和濒危物种的形式出现。由于供水有限，本文讨论了解决这一变化情况所采用的创新方法，包括:让各利益相关者参与规划过程；通过以可靠性标准的形式建立适当的水系统性能目标，承认不确定性； 社区和环境目标；建立更积极的节水计划。

Water supply and delivery system planning for the City of Boulder, Colorado, has always been an interesting and challenging process, not due to technical problems but because of the political process of reconciling competing interests in the water resources of the area. Historically, agricultural users were the biggest competitors for the water, and the impacts of mining on water quality were of considerable concern. Recently, new competition for water quantity based on environmental concerns has entered the picture in the form of minimum streamflows, channel maintenance flows, and preservation of threatened and endangered species. Since water supply is limited, this paper discusses the innovative methods that have been adopted to address this changing situation including: involving various stakeholders in the planning process; acknowledging uncertainty by establishing suitable water system performance goals in the form of reliability criteria; community and environmental goals; and establishing a more aggressive water conservation program.