BOARD00502

• Board Meeting Date: 11/20/2000
• Description: State Affairs Issues
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

water supply. legislative declaration. rules. (1) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEREBY ANUS,
DETERMINES, AND DECLARES THAT, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION TIiE UNRELIABILlTY OF
NONRENEWABLE GROUNDWATER, IN ORDER TO PLAN' FOR TIiE GROWTH IN WATER SUPPLY
DEMAi"lDS CAUSED BY POPULATION GROWTH ACROSS TIiE STATE, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, IN
ADDITION TO TIiE ALTERNATIVES STUDIED UNDER THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD'S
METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY INVESTIGATION, MUST BE EVALUATED. THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO
MEET THE DEMA1'IDS OF TIiE STATE'S NEW POPULATION GROWTH, TIiE COLORADO WATER
CONSERVATION BOARD, UNDER ITS GENERAL WATER PLANNING AUTHORITY, SHALL SOLICIT
PROPOSALS FOR AND RECOMMEND TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY DECEMBER 15, 2002, THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A PROJECT OR PROJECTS DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN MEETING GROWTH-RELATED
INCREASES IN DEMAND. THE PROJECT OR PROJECTS SHALL COiY[]'RISE TIiE INTEGRATED WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES. THE RECOMMENDATION SHALL:

(a) ENCOURAGE A COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO WATER SUPPLY PLAi"NING;

(b) FOSTER A SYSTEM INTEGRATION APPROACH TO WATER SUPPLY PLAi'iNING;

(c) REASONABLY PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE BASIN OF ORIGIN AND BASIN OF USE;

(d) PROMOTE A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO TIiE PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLIES;

(e) PROVIDE THAT NO CURRENT IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF
PRODUCTION IN EITHER THE BASIN OF ORIGIN OR THE BASIN OF USE TO ACHIEVE THE DELIVERY
GOALS;

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(f) COMMENCING IN 2020, MAKE AVAILABLE FOR DELIVERY TO THE BASIN OF USE WATER
FOR POSSffiLE ENDANGERED SPECIES REQUIREMENTS, IF Ai"Y, IN ADDITION TO WATER FOR
TRADITIONAL RECOGNIZED CONSUMPTIVE USES; .

(g) COMMENCING IN 2020, MAKE AVAILABLE FOR DELIVERY FROM WATER DIVISION 4 OR
5, ON AN AVERAGE ANNUAL BASIS A MINIMUM OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAi'ID ACRE-FEET
OF WATER FOR BENEFICIAL USE IN WATER DIVISIONS I Ai'ID 2;

(h) COMMENCING IN 2020, MAKE AVAILABLE ON AN AVERAGE ANNUAL BASIS FOR
BENEFICIAL USE IN WATER DIVISIONS 4 AND 5 A1'! AMOUNT OF WATER THAT REFLECTS EXISTING OR
REASONABLY FORESEEABLE FUTURE NEEDS, BUT WHICH IN NO EVENT EXCEEDS THIRTY-TIfREE
PERCENT OF THE WATER THAT IS DELIVERED ON A1'1 AVERAGE Ai'mUAL BASIS TO WATER DIVISIONS
I Ai'ID 2;

(i) COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 37 -60-122,2.

(2) THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTEGRATED
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL TAKE THE FORM OF A
FEASIBILITY STUDY PURSUAi"T TO SECTION 37-60-122 (1) (e). THE RECOiYl1\1ENDATION SHALL
CONTAIN BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO A TIMELINE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE INTEGRATED WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES INCLUDING Ai" ANALYSIS OF ANY POTENTIAL IMPEDL\1ENTS
ASSOCIATED WITH OBTAINING Ai"Y NECESSARY FEDERAL PERMITS,

(3) IF THE GENERAL ASSEiYffiLY APPROVES THE INTEGRATED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
FACILITIES RECOMMENDED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, IT SHALL ALSO APPROVE STATE FUNDING
PLANS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT REQUIRE FUNDING FROM THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION
BOARD CONSTRUCTION FUND.

Flood Protection. Project Planning & Finance' Stream & Lake Protection.
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning

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