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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />'... . <br /> <br />..~l <br />, <br /> <br />r"~ <br /> <br />LDO NO. 84 007S/rfty-fourth General Assembly <br /> <br />SENATE BILL NO. 161 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />BY SENATORS Glass, Beatty, Hefley, MacManus, Peterson, <br />Stewart, and Baca; <br />also REPRESENTATIVES Herzog, Campbell, Hume, Davoren, and <br />Reeves. <br /> <br />AGRICUltURE. .' <br />~~'fUMl p.ESnURCES & mERQ~ <br /> <br />A BILL FOR AN ACT <br />CONCERNING SALVAGED WATER. <br /> <br />C;J/ <br /> <br />Bi 11 Summary <br /> <br />(Note: This summary applies to this bill ~ introduced <br />and does not necessarily reflect any amendments which may be <br />subsequently adopted.) <br /> <br />Permits the affirmation of salvaged water subject to <br />vested water rights and subject to the same laws and <br />procedures as apply to appropriation under the priority <br />system. Declares that the acquisition and application of <br />salvaged water is a beneficial .use of water when affirmed as <br />being from an original appropriation. <br /> <br />Be it enacted El the General Assembly of ~ State ~ Colorado: <br /> <br />3 SECTION 1. Article 82 of title 37, Colorado Revised <br />4 Statutes, as amended, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW <br />S SECTION to read: <br /> <br />6 37-82-107. Affirmation of a water riqht to salvaged <br />7 ~. (1) As used in this section, "salvaged water" means <br />8 water which is part of an appropriated water supply that would <br /> <br />9 be lost to users of the water source as a result of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />11 conserved or otherwise made available for beneficial use. The <br /> <br />evaporation, transpiration, seepage, or otherwise and which is <br />