HB 18-1199

HB 18-1199 is a Colorado bill that allows individuals or groups to submit plans for storing and recovering water in underground aquifers to the Ground Water Commission. The commission will create rules to review these plans and decide which ones can go ahead based on specific requirements. This affects anyone who wants to store and later use groundwater as a resource, such as farmers or water management companies. Since the bill has been signed into law, it is now active and being implemented with new rules expected from the commission soon.

Official Summary

The bill authorizes a person to apply to the ground water commission (commission) for approval of an aquifer storage-and-recovery plan and requires the commission to promulgate rules governing the application process and the requirements that an aquifer storage-and-recovery plan must meet to be approved. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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