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• Bill Number: SB07-122
• Year: 2007
• Title: Concerning the funding of Colorado water conservation board projects, and making appropriation in connection therewith.
• Legislation - Doc Type: Construction Fund Bill

1514Water and IrrigationCh. 352
fifty thousand dollars($350,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for
renovation of existing gauging stations, replacement of outdated collection
platforms, and upgrading of transmission componentsof the satellite monitoring
system established and operated pursuant to section 37-80-102 (10), Colorado
Revised Statutes.
(2) The moneys appropriated in subsection (1) of this section shall remain
available for the designated purposesuntil they are fully expended.
SECTION 6.Upper Arkansas river basin ground waterbibliography -
(1) In addition to any other appropriation, there ishereby
appropriation.
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Colorado water conservation board
construction fund not otherwise appropriated, to the department of natural resources
forallocationtotheColoradogeologicalsurvey, for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2007, the sumoffortythousanddollars($40,000), or so much thereof as may be
necessary, to complete a digital and geo-referenced bibliography of publicly
availablestudiesanddatarelatedtothealluvialaquifersystemofthe upper
Arkansasriver and major tributaries, including the bedrock aquifers for the entire
system. The scopeof work for the study shall be developed by the Colorado
geological survey in consultation with the Colorado water conservation board.
(2)The moneys appropriated in subsection (1) of this section shall remain
available for the designated purposesuntil the project iscompleted.
SECTION 7.Upper Arkansas river basin decision support system feasibility
(1) In addition to any other appropriation, there ishereby
study- appropriation.
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Colorado water conservation board
construction fund not otherwise appropriated, to the department of natural
resources, for allocation to the Colorado water conservation board, for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2007,thesum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000),
or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the board to complete a feasibility study
for a decision support system in the upper Arkansas riverbasinupstreamof Pueblo
reservoir. Thestudy shall determine thefeasibility of developing a decision support
system for the upper Arkansas river basin, taking into account the basin-specific
needs and water resourcechallenges and shall identify the scope, functions, and
elementsof the decision support system aswell as the data needs, costs, and
schedule to develop the decision support system.
(2) The moneys appropriated in subsection (1) of this section shall remain
available for the designated purposesuntil the project iscompleted.
SECTION 8.Colorado decisionsupportsystem modelingandengineering
(1)Inadditionto any other appropriation, there
support services - appropriation.
is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in theColorado water conservation board
construction fund not otherwise appropriated, to the department of natural
resources, for allocation to the Colorado water conservation board, for the fiscal
year beginning July1,2007, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000),
or so much thereof as may benecessary, for engineering support services to assist
staff inconductingtechnicalmodelinganalysisforinstreamflow issues, statewide
water supply initiative issues, interbasin compact issues, and other water resource
planning support needsutilizing the Colorado decision support system.