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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The CWCB may also accept loans of water rights for instream flow use pursuant to a <br />decreed instream flow water right for a period of up to 120 days (not to be exercised for <br />more than three years in a ten-year period subject to State Engineer approval and to <br />certain conditions set forth at Section 37-83-105, C.R.S. (2005) (2) (a)). <br />State statutes require the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission to advise, consult <br />and cooperate with the Board to protect the quality of the water for beneficial uses; <br />minimize negative impacts on water rights and to avoid adopting control regulations that <br />would be either redundant or unnecessary (25-8-101 to 25-8-209 C.R.S.) <br /> <br />Conservation and Droue:ht Plannine: <br /> <br />In 1989, the State Projects Water Conservation in Landscaping Act (HB89-1169) was <br />passed that requires governmental agencies to consider the use of water efficient <br />landscaping on all public projects where landscaping is needed. <br /> <br />In 1991, the Water Conservation Act of 1991 was passed to give general statutory <br />authority to the Board to provide conservation and drought planning support to the State <br />and its citizen under ~ 30-60-124 and ~ 30-60-106 C.R.S., respectively. The Office of <br />Water Conservation (OWQ.~~.~J_~l!.C;;~~~~}.i_~~~~.~_}~n~y_~_i~.~~~.._~C;;_~~~~ry_!~_~~___-_.-_.{ Deleted: l, <br />of the OWC are incorporated into the Conservation and Drought Planning Section. The <br />section develops and approves water efficiency plans, monitors water use, provides <br />technical assistance and public information, inventories and prepares drought plans and <br />assists with policy development, while networking with water suppliers, legislators and <br />key constituencies. <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />The 1991 Act also authorized the Board to expend up to five hundred thousand dollars <br />($500,000) to demonstrate the benefits of water efficiency measures by providing <br />incentive grants to any Colorado public agency that requested assistance in the designing <br />and implementation of water conservation measures. In 1994, the General Assembly <br />authorized the Board to expend an additional five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), <br />on a fifty percent cost-sharing basis for agricultural and multipurpose water system water <br />conservation demonstration projects. The grant program was designed to provide an <br />opportunity to learn more about water conservation and acquire data regarding "what <br />works and what doesn't." <br /> <br />In 2004, the General Assembly passed HB 1365 that enhances the elements that must be <br />considered by a covered entity when creating a water conservation plan amended the <br />Water Conservation Act of 1991. The new provisions will establish water savings goals <br />and provide a better indication of the overall effectiveness of the entities water <br />conservation plan. In May 2005, CWCB adopted a model conservation plan guidance <br />document, guidelines for reviewing and evaluating conservation plans, including methods <br />for prioritizing the distribution of technical assistance grants. In addition, CWCB <br />adopted guidelines for reviewing and evaluating drought mitigation plans. The name of <br />the Office of Water Conservation was changed to the Office of Water Conservation and <br />Drought Planning <br /> <br />.A Deleted: 6 <br /> <br />A - Page 5 of?.___ <br />