Senate Joint Resolution 94-32 Concerning the Management, Conservation, and Preservation of Water Resources of CO

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WHEREAS, Studies made of the water supply and water needs of various portions of the State need to be collected and considered as a whole for the efficient management, conservation, and preservation of the water resources of the State; now, therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty -ninth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein: That a joint report be prepared by the State Engineer and the Colorado Water Conservation Board, which joint report shall: (1) Inventory the information readily available for each water division of this State on the following matters: (a) The water supply currently available to meet existing needs and the historical and existing levels of water use and the extent of reliance on renewable and nonrenewable supplies of water; (b) The record of drought periods and the amount of water supply available in times of drought; (c) The anticipated shortages in water supplies in times of- extended drought to meet the existing and reasonably projected water needs of the State's citizens; (d) The extent to which existing and reasonably anticipated future needs of the State as a whole are not or cannot be met by water apportioned to the State by interstate compacts or equitable apportionment decrees; (e) Any other information that is reasonably available and that would assist the State in making. informed decisions about the efficient management, conservation, and preservation of its scarce water resources; (2) Identify the nature and extent of the information needed to enable the State to make informed decisions regarding efficient management, conservation, and preservation of its scarce water resources; (3) Set forth a plan with cost estimates and timelines to obtain the information identified in subsection (2). PAGE 2- SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 94 -32 i 'I WHEREAS, Studies made of the water supply and water needs of various portions of the State need to be collected and considered as a whole for the efficient management, conservation, and preservation of the water resources of the State; now, therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty -ninth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein: That a joint report be prepared by the State Engineer and the Colorado Water Conservation Board, which joint report shall: (1) Inventory the information readily available for each water division of this State on the following matters: (a) The water supply currently available to meet existing needs and the historical and existing levels of water use and the extent of reliance on renewable and nonrenewable supplies of water; (b) The record of drought periods and the amount of water supply available in times of drought; (c) The anticipated shortages in water supplies in times of- extended drought to meet the existing and reasonably projected water needs of the State's citizens; (d) The extent to which existing and reasonably anticipated future needs of the State as a whole are not or cannot be met by water apportioned to the State by interstate compacts or equitable apportionment decrees; (e) Any other information that is reasonably available and that would assist the State in making. informed decisions about the efficient management, conservation, and preservation of its scarce water resources; (2) Identify the nature and extent of the information needed to enable the State to make informed decisions regarding efficient management, conservation, and preservation of its scarce water resources; (3) Set forth a plan with cost estimates and timelines to obtain the information identified in subsection (2). PAGE 2- SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 94 -32 i