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<br />.,\"'1 <br /> <br />o <br />,'~ <br />t,&;) <br />c;> <br />00 <br />Q <br /> <br />approved. Five developers <br />subdivision requlation adoPted <br />by the ~l Paso county Board of <br /> <br />had challenqed the <br />in November. 1986 <br />Commissioners. <br /> <br />Dennis Bode, water resources and planning <br />manager for Fort Collins, said local developers <br />in Fort collins ar~ required to supply raw water <br />in varY1ng amounts' depending on the density and <br />lot Slzes in the development. Bode said he <br />believed the EI Paso County case hinged on <br />groundwater supplies fr'=)m underground aquifes, <br />while Fort Collins depends on streamflow supplies <br />that are considered perpetual. <br /> <br />Source: Denver Post, Coloradoan and news services <br /> <br />PROPOSBD FBDIRAL BUDGBT <br />LIMITS WATER PROJ~CT FUNDS <br /> <br />Former president Reagan's proposed budget <br />includes no money to begin bUildinq Animas-La <br />plata but provides 53.7 million for precon- <br />struction activities, thus pushing the start of <br />construction to the mid-1990s. The Reagan budget <br />includes 541 million for continued construction <br />of the Dolores water project, up $26 million ,from <br />last year. By contrast, the Central Arizona <br />project would receive 5218 million and the <br />Central Utah project 5135 million. <br /> <br />The Inter10r proposal also would cut <br />millions of dollars from payments for mineral and <br />timber production on federal lands by deductinq <br />more than 5145 million in federal fire-fiqhtinq <br />costs before royalties are shared with states and <br />counties. <br /> <br />Source: Denver 'post, January 10, 1989 <br /> <br />FORBST SERVICB NAMBS SIX <br />COLORADO RIVERS FOR <br />WILD AND SCINIC STATUS <br /> <br />Congress 18 expected to consider legislation <br />for additional r1ver protection measures in this <br />year's session, perhaps including Colorado, and <br />the U.S. Forest service has named six Colorado <br />rivers that have the '!outstandingly remarkable" <br />features needed to qualify for wild and scenic <br />status. They are: a 57-mila stretch of the <br />conejos River; 20 miles of the Encampment; 29 <br />miles of the Elk; 32 miles of the piedra; 54 <br />miles of the Los Pinos and 105 miles of the <br />Dolores. The Forest servioe said it will also <br />further study 23 miles of the South Platte, 14 <br />miles of the North st. Vrain, 40 miles of the <br />crystal and 38 miles of the White River's south <br />fork for possible recommendation, The desiqnated <br />area of the South Platte isn't believed to be <br />threatened by the proposed Two Forks Dam, <br /> <br /> At its 1989 annual meetinq on January 30, . <br />1989 the Colorado WAter congress voted to forward <br />its 1988 Resolution urging Congress to amend the <br />Wild and scenic Rivers Act: <br /> . <br /> (a) to require concurrence of the leqis- <br /> lature in the state in which the <br /> segment of said river to receive <br /> designation as wile! and scenic is <br /> located; and . <br /> <br />(b) to clarify that saie! Wild and Scenic <br />Rivers Act was not intended to inter- <br />fere with present or future beneficial <br />use of waters available pursuant to the <br />law of the State in which said river <br />segment 1s located. <br /> <br />9. <br /> <br />FEDBRAL STUDY SAYS <br />PROTBCTION OF DENVER BASIN AQUIFERS <br />IS TOP PRIORITY <br /> <br />The AdVisory Committee of Env1ronment31 <br />Strategies for Metro Denver ranks protect1on of <br />Denver's bedrock aquifers as one of the Metro <br />area's top five environmental concerns. <br />committee members--Iocal comm~nity leaders and <br />technical experts--conducted an l8-month <br />assessment of Denver's environment. In its <br />report it lists the following recommendations <br />and needs related to groundwater: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Development of a statewide groundwater <br />contamination prevention program. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />More data <br />potential <br />tion. <br /> <br />on <br />use <br /> <br />current and <br />and contamina- <br /> <br />collection <br />groundwater <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />More consideration by local governments to <br />impaots of land use and bUilding perm1~ <br />e!ecisions on qroundwater quality. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Development of a statewide program to <br />regulate underground storage tanks and <br />cleanup of leakinq tanks. <br /> <br />The study was sponsored by <br />Environmental Protection Agency. <br /> <br />Source: Denver post, January 30, 1.989 <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />!J.S, <br /> <br />WATER CONSERVATION GROUP FOSTERS <br />COORDINATION, COOPERATION <br /> <br />In 1985 Denver area water suppliers and <br />other, organizations concerned with the area t s <br />water resources formed a non-p~ofit organization <br />known as Metro Water conservation, Inc. The <br />group's establishment resulted from a recom- <br />mendation by the Water Conservation Committee of <br />Governor Richard D. Lamm's Metropolitan Water <br />Roundtable. That committee-, made up of repre- <br />sentatives of the various interest groups, <br />called for a "metro-wide coordinated approach <br />based on a cooperative arrangement among the <br />water utilities. II <br /> <br />The organization's goals are to: <br /> <br />* identify and recommend ongoing conservation <br />programs which may be implemented more <br />effectively throuqh a shared metrO-Wide <br />effort; <br /> <br />* explore and develop new conservation <br />measures on a shared metrO-Wide basis; <br /> <br />develop. methods for monitoring conservation <br />programs in order to document conservation <br />savings; <br /> <br />develop and implement specific water <br />conservation programs for and on behalf of <br />any member or group of members on a <br />contractual basis; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />publicize conservation programs which are <br />effective, citing speclfic statistlcs on <br />water savinqs which can be achlevee! throuqh <br />such proqrams; and <br /> <br />foster better communication on water <br />conservation between Metro Water Conserva- <br />tion, Inc. and the general publlc. <br />