Nov1997Agenda25

• Board Meeting Date: 11/25/1997
• Description: Office of Water Conservation Program - Sunset Review
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
721 Centennial Building
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1313 Sherman Street
Denver,Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone] Roy Romer
Governor -
James S.Lochhead
Executive Director,DNR
Daries C.Lile,P.E.
Director,CWCB
MEMORANDUM
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
FROM: Chris Bridges U\r
DATE: November 25, 1997
SUBJECT: Agenda Item7d, lovember 24-25, 1997,Board Meeting--
Office of Water Conservation program—Sunset Review
BACKGROUND
As you are aware,current authorization for the Office of Water Conservation expires June 30, 1999;
without affirmative action to remove or extend the sunset provision, the 2.5 fte and 4138,000 would not
be authorized for FY2000. This program has provided the CWCB with such critical functions as:
1. Retaining State's primacy of over water resources prusuant to the McCarren Amendment.
Proposed changes to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.
2. Technical Assistance to small water providers—water conservation planning requirements as mandated
by the CWCB statute.
3. Non-biased water information/education as mandated by the DNR education statute,the DNR Long
Range Plan and the Board's Long Range Plan.
The Office of Water Conservation has:
❖ Fulfilled its statutory requirements (status paper attached)
❖ Future opportunities include:
• Safe Water Drinking Act—providing the state's guidance to EPA and their requirement for
water conservation plans
• Agricultural/Multipurpose grant program
• Planning requirement for loans and technical assistance provided
I would like to present the Board with alternatives to consider.
A. Do you want to develop legislative re-authorization this year?
*This year:
❖ The historical knowledge within the current legislature provides support for this
legislation.