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

existing gauging stations, replacement of outdated collection platforms, and
upgrading of transmission components of 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 purposes until they are fully expended.
SECTION 6. Upper Arkansas river basin ground water
bibliography - appropriation. (1) In addition to any other appropriation,
there is hereby 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 geological
survey, for the fiscal year beginning July l, 2007, the sum of forty thousand
dollars ($40,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to complete a
digital and geo-referenced bibliography of publicly available studies and
data related to the alluvial aquifer system of the upper Arkansas river and
maj or tributaries, including the bedrock aquifers for the entire system. The
scope of 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 purposes until the project is completed.
SECTION 7. Upper Arkansas river basin decision support
system feasibility study - appropriation. (1) In addition to any other
appropriation, there is hereby 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, the sum 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 river basin upstream of
Pueblo reservoir. The study shall determine the feasibility of developing a
decision support system for the upper Arkansas river basin, taking into
account the basin-specific needs and water resource challenges and shall
identify the scope, functions, and elements of the decision support system
as well as the data needs, costs, and schedule to develop the decision
support system.
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