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Lawmakers delay taking action on water bill <br />4 <br />AClassifleds News <br />Employment <br />Real Estate <br />Rentals <br />Real Estate <br />Weekly <br />Virtual Tours <br />Automotive <br />AAarrhnnrlica <br />Menu <br />News <br />Obituaries <br />Nation <br />World <br />Opinion <br />The Blotter <br />Photos <br />Archives <br />Sports <br />Preps <br />College <br />Professional <br />Outdoors <br />Features <br />Out & About <br />Restaurants <br />Entertainment <br />Games <br />You said it! <br />Travel <br />Announcements <br />Health <br />Archives <br />Money <br />Stocks <br />Lottery <br />Weather <br />National <br />Marketplace <br />Search <br />GJSentinel.com for <br />Lawmakers delay taking action on water bill <br />By By DAME HARRELSON The Daily Sentinel <br />Thursday, February 10, 2005 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Lawmakers delayed taking action Wednesday on a bill touted as an innovative way <br />to reach agreement on how best to use the state's water resources. <br />The House Agriculture Committee is expected to vote on House Bill 1177, <br />sponsored by Rep. Josh Penry, R -Grand Junction, later this month. <br />Penry said several amendments to the bill, which was intentionally left bare, are <br />pending and more time is needed to hammer out proposed changes. <br />The bill, which received tentative support Monday from water and agricultural <br />organizations in Colorado, calls for a series of roundtable discussions among water <br />providers, local governments and other stakeholders who represent the state's <br />water basins. <br />Representatives of the roundtables, along with governor - appointed individuals, <br />would sit on a statewide committee directed to resolve water -use issues. <br />Any agreement would require review by affect river basins, the committee and the <br />Legislature. <br />State Department of Natural Resources head Russell George, the brainchild <br />behind the bill, loosely based his idea on the 1922 Colorado River Compact which <br />apportioned Colorado River water among the seven states along the Colorado <br />River. <br />Danie Harrelson can be reached via e -mail at dharrelson(c)gjds.com <br />4Top J{ <br />MEDICAL <br />Western C <br />current..... <br />SALES Al <br />accepting <br />Route ...... 5 <br />SALES Fa <br />Insurance <br />Services. . <br />SALES /SI <br />TUB SALE <br />MANAGEf <br />more <br />WAREHO <br />Wheel Prc <br />currently s <br />RECEPTIf <br />ASSISTAI <br />self starter <br />AUTO TEI <br />Aspen s o <br />auto servi. <br />CONSTRI. <br />Concrete <br />needed. M <br />more <br />PARENTII <br />patient, at <br />paren ....... ( <br />SALES *A <br />Opportunii <br />Mart a...... <br />View, <br />http: / /www.gjsentinel.com/news/ content /news /stories /2005 /02 /10 /penry water brief.html 2/10/2005 , <br />