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Colorado Flood Control and Drainage Laws Manual
Date
8/1/1987
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State of Colorado
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CWCB
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<br />I NTRODUCT ION <br /> <br />During the years 1982-1986. <br />numerous cities and counties <br />throughout the State suffered <br />flood damages from high spring <br />run-off. The federal government <br />through the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA) declared <br />certain political subdivisions as <br />Presidential Disaster Areas. thus <br />qualifying the entities for <br />federal assistance in the form of <br />grants to repair or replace <br />damaged facilities. This federal <br />assistance. although helpful. <br />does not allow for improvements <br />or new construction of projects <br />not in place prior to the <br />incident of damage. New <br />construction of flood mitigation <br />activities. such as the Alamosa <br />levee project and Town of Wiggins <br />levee project. have been the <br />resul t of Colorado Ene,rgy Impact <br />and Community Development Block <br />Grant funds administered by the <br />Department of Local Affairs. <br />State grant funds for flood <br />mitigation projects are becoming <br />increasingly difficult to obtain. <br /> <br />A possible solution to future <br />funding of flood control and <br />drainage facilities could be the <br />formation of flood control <br />districts by local governments. <br />Local government interest and <br />related legal consideration in <br />the forming of special flood <br />control districts prompted the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />to execute this manual. <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board and the Department of <br />Natural Resources. with funding <br />provided by the Governor's <br />office. contracted with the <br />Colorado University Boulder <br />Hazards Center in the preparation <br />of this manual. f~r. John Weiner. <br />on the CU staff. researched the <br />statutes and authorities. <br /> <br />This manual will provide State <br />and local government officials <br />and interes ted part ies wi th a <br />reference document on Colorado <br />flood control and drainage laws. <br />This manual will assist public <br />officials in researching the <br />establishment of a flood control <br />district. It is not the intent of <br />this manual to replace the <br />Colorado Revised Statutes. The <br />descriptions of the various laws <br />are not technical and are not <br />complete. No action should be <br />taken on the basis of this text; <br />however. we hope that managers <br />and others will be able to <br />Elffectively identify approaches <br />that seem promisinq and worth a <br />commitment of the political <br />SUbdivisions' time and resources. <br /> <br />Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board <br /> <br />}~ugust 1987 <br />
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