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<br />not be performed by the board for the inventory. The
<br />inventory shall be compiled and maintained on a
<br />computerized information retrieval system which is
<br />either a part of or otherwise compatible with the water
<br />data bank maintained by the state engineer.
<br />(c) The following information concerning
<br />potential dam and reservoir sites within the state of
<br />Colorado having a capacity of twenty thousand acre-feet
<br />or more, or concerning such other sites as the board
<br />deems important, shall be included in the inventory:
<br />(I) The location of a dam site, by river, county,
<br />and reference to surveyed section corners;
<br />(II) The name of a dam and reservoir site if
<br />one is commonly ascribed to it;
<br />(III) Basic data about a potential dam to the
<br />extent such is readily available;
<br />(IV) The conditional water rights decreed to a
<br />site, if any, and their dates of adjudication and basin
<br />ranks;
<br />(V) If available, an estimate of a reservoir's
<br />total active capacity;
<br />(VI) The potential uses of the water supply
<br />which would be developed; and
<br />(VII) Citations to reference materials and
<br />sources for the information specified in this paragraph
<br />( c).
<br />(d) Utilizing the inventory, the board shall
<br />identify potential dam and reservoir sites, the
<br />development of which may be stopped because of
<br />ongoing land uses which are encroaching upon needed
<br />lands or because of other circumstances.
<br />(e) The board is authorized to pay for the
<br />expenses of periodically updating and maintaining the
<br />inventory of potential dam and reservoir sites for which
<br />this section calls using moneys appropriated, allocated,
<br />or otherwise credited to the Colorado water
<br />conservation board construction fund.
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<br />37-60-116. Reports. The Colorado water conservation
<br />board shall cause the results of the studies to be
<br />embodied in written reports, copies of which shall be
<br />held in the offices of said board as a public record
<br />available for the use of any interested person and a copy
<br />of each of said reports shall be sent to the senate
<br />agriculture, natural resources, and energy committee
<br />and the house of representatives agriculture, livestock,
<br />and natural resources committee.
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<br />37-60-117. Reports and publications. (1) The board
<br />shall report to the executive director of the department
<br />of natural resources at such time and on such matters as
<br />the executive director requires.
<br />(2) Publication of studies conducted by the
<br />board and other publications circulated in quantity
<br />outside the division shall be subject to the approval and
<br />control ofthe executive director of the department of
<br />natural resources.
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<br />37-60-118. Assent to wateIIesources planning act. (1)
<br />The state of Colorado, by and through the Colorado
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<br />water conservation board, hereby assents to the
<br />provisions of the act of congress entitled "Water
<br />Resources Planning Act", approved July 22, 1965. The
<br />Colorado water conservation board is authorized,
<br />empowered, and directed to perform such acts as may
<br />be necessary to the conduct and establishment of a
<br />comprehensive water planning program as defmed in
<br />title III of said act and in conformity with such rules and
<br />regulations as may be promulgated by the water
<br />resources council pursuant to said act.
<br />(2) There is hereby created a fund designated
<br />as "federal aid water planning fund" to which shall be
<br />deposited all sums contributed to the state of Colorado
<br />by the federal government pursuant to title III of the
<br />water resources planning act. All moneys deposited
<br />under the provisions of this section are hereby
<br />specifically appropriated to the Colorado water
<br />conservation board for the purposes specified in said act
<br />of congress and no such moneys shall be expended for
<br />any other purpose.
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<br />37-60-119. Construction of water and power facilities -
<br />contracts with and charges against users. (1) In order to
<br />promote the general welfare and safety of the citizens of
<br />this state and to protect the allocation of interstate
<br />waters to the state, the board may, subject to the
<br />provisions in section 37-60-122, construct, rehabilitate,
<br />enlarge, or improve, or loan moneys to enable the
<br />construction, rehabilitation, enlargement, or
<br />improvement of, such flood control, water supply, and
<br />hydroelectric energy facilities, excluding domestic
<br />water treatment and distribution systems, together with
<br />related recreational facilities, in whole or in part, as will,
<br />in the opinion of the board, abate floods or conserve,
<br />effect more efficient use of, develop, or protect the
<br />water and hydroelectric energy resources and supplies
<br />of the state of Colorado. In carrying out such program,
<br />the board is directed to place special emphasis upon the
<br />adoption and incorporation of measures which will
<br />encourage the conservation and more efficient use of
<br />water, including the installation of water meters or such
<br />other measuring and control devices as the board deems
<br />appropriate in each particular case.
<br />(2) The board may, subject to the provisions in section
<br />37-60-122, enter into contracts for the use of, or to loan
<br />moneys to enable the construction, rehabilitation,
<br />enlargement, or improvement of, said flood control,
<br />water, power, and any related recreational facilities,
<br />excluding domestic water treatment and distribution
<br />systems, with any agency or political subdivision of this
<br />state or the federal government, with individuals, with
<br />corporations, or with organizations composed of
<br />citizens of this state. Any such contracts may provide
<br />for such charges to the using entity as, in the opinion of
<br />the board, are necessary and reasonable to recover the
<br />board's capital investment, together with operational,
<br />maintenance, and interest charges over the term of years
<br />agreed upon by contract. Interest charges shall be
<br />recommended by the board at between zero and seven
<br />percent on the basis of the project sponsor's ability to
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