Agenda Item 8

• Board Meeting Date: 3/18/2008
• Description: CWCB Legislative Update - HB08-1346 - HB08-1280 - SB08-168
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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~ $50,000 for the board to participate with the Purgatoire
river water conservancy district acid the United States Army
corps of engineers in a study to determine the actual safe
- channel capacity of, and remedial measures for, the
Purgatoire river downstream of Trinidad dam;
• $100,000 for the board to participate with the southeastern
Colorado water conservancy district and the United States
geological survey to develop a reliable water quality data
network for the Arkansas river basin;
• $400,000 for the board to work with stakeholders within
the state of Colorado to explore alternatives to designation
of rivers as wild and scenic;
• $65,000 for the board to participate with the United States
geological survey in a study to provide high resolution
estimates of processes that remove moisture from
snowpack in the Colorado river watershed and in the
headwaters of the South Platte river basin;
• $84,000 for the board to participate with the United Stakes
geological .survey in performing ground water flow
modeling to optimize pumping locations and rates wiith
respect tomodel-computed water level declines and storage
depletions of the Denver basin aquifer system;
• $30,000 for the board to participate with the Colorado
water resources research institute in developing an intern~et
web-based searchable database of agricultural water
conservation information and to develop management
strategies for Sago pondweed;
• $67,000 for the board to participate with the United States
geological survey to present the 2005 Colorado water-use
data compiled for the national water use information
program of the United States geological survey in a
published report specifically for Colorado; and
• $2,000,000 for the board to implement the Chatfie:~ld
reservoir reallocation project.
Restores the balance of the flood response fund to $300,000..
Restores the balance of the map modernization account to $500,000.
Changes the reference to the "Oak creek reservoir feasibility study" in
Senate Bill OS-084 to the "Oak creek flood control mitigation feasibility
study" and deletes a reference to other study participants. Repeals th;e
prohibition on the board using the construction fund to acquire instrearn
flow rights and continuously appropriates up to $1,000,000 annually that
is transferred from the construction fund to anewly-created instream flo~~v
fund to pay for the costs of acquiring water for instream flow usc;.
Requires water efficiency plans developed by water providers to include;,
rather than just consider, certain listed plan elements.
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