LEG00192

• Bill Number: SB05-242
• Year: 2005
• Title: Concerning the creation of the Douglas-Arapahoe water conservation district
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Killed

1 USE RENEWABLE WATER CONJUNCTIVELY WITH THE DENVER BASIN
tit 2 AQUIFERS OR THE FRACTURED GRANITE AQUIFERS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO
" 3 REASONABLY EXTEND THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF SUCH AQUIFERS. ALL
4 RENEWABLE WATER PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT SHALL BE REUSED AS
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5 ALLOWED BY LAW TO THE GREATEST EXTENT DETERMINED BY THE BOARD
6 TO BE ECONOMICALLY REASONABLE. REUSE OF AVAILABLE WATER
7 SUPPLIES IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. SUCH REUSE MAY INCLUDE
8 UNDERGROUND STORAGE OR SURFACE WATER STORAGE IF THE BOARD
9 DETERMINES THAT SUCH STORAGE IS REASONABLE. THE BOARD SHALL
10 ALSO CONSIDER CONVEYANCE OF WATER RESOURCES.
11 37-49-110. Education program - official action plan. (1) THE
12 DISTRICT SHALL, NO LATER THAN JANUARY 31, 2006, INSTITIITE A
13 COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF
. 14 CURRENT WATER RESOURCES, FUTURE NEEDS, AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.
15 TO SUCH END, THE DISTRICT SHALL:
16 (a) ESTABLISH A WEB SiTE PROVIDING DETAILED INFORMATION
17 CONCERNING W ATERNEEDS AND SOLUTIONS, AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONS
18 OF THE DISTRICT;
19 (b) HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS; AND
20 (c) HOLD SEMINARS, NO LESS THAN ONCE PER MONTH, TO EDUCATE
21 THE PUBLIC DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE DISTRICT AND QUARTERLY
22 THEREAFTER.
23 (2) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2006, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
24 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD, SHALL PREPARE AS THE OFFICIAL
25 ACTION PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT A COMPREHENSIVE, DETAILED PLAN
26 SHOWING THE WAYS TO USE RENEWABLE WATER CONJUNCTIVELY WITH
. 27 THE DENVER BASIN AQUIFERS OR THE FRACTURED GRANITE AQUIFERS AND
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