HB 17-1033

HB 17-1033 is a Colorado bill that allocates $5 million to help clean and restore reservoirs in the South Platte river basin. This money will be used for loans and grants to remove sediment from existing reservoirs, allowing them to hold more water as originally intended. The bill benefits local communities and agriculture by improving water storage capacity. Since it has been signed into law, these funds are now available for use according to the bill's provisions.

Official Summary

Water Resources Review Committee. The bill appropriates $5 million from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to the Colorado water conservation board to make loans and grants to enable the recipients to dredge existing reservoirs located in the South Platte river basin to restore the reservoirs' full decreed storage capacity. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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