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<br />Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Protection <br /> <br />The 1973 General Assembly enacted Senate Bill ~7, which created the Colorado Instream <br />Flow and Natural Lake Level Program ("ISF Program") to be administered exclusively <br />by the CWCB. The statutory authorities for the ISF Rules are found at S 37-60-108 <br />C.R.S. (1990) and S 37-92-102 (3) C.R.S. (1990), The basic purpose of these Rules is to <br />codify existing CWCB procedures for implementing this program. CWCB is responsible <br />for the appropriation, acquisition and protection of instream flow and natural lake level <br />water rights to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree. <br />, <br /> <br />Conservation and Drought Planning <br /> <br />General statutory authority is given to the Board to provide conservation and drought <br />planning support to the State and its citizen under S 30-60-124 and S 30-60-106 C.R.S., <br />respectively. The Office of Water Conservation (OWe) was established in 1991. Its <br />primary tasks are incorporated into the Conservation and Drought Planning Section. The <br />section develops and approve water efficiency pl~s, monitor water use, provides <br />technical assistance and public information, inventories and prepares drought plans and <br />assists with policy development, while networking with water suppliers, legislators and <br />key constituencies. ' <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Page 3 00 <br /> <br />3/10/2002 <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />