Water

WHEREAS the Colorado River basin has been experiencing a decades-long drought, and WHEREAS the current operating plan for the Colorado River does not reflect the decreased snowpack and runoff, resulting in less water flowing into the system’s largest reservoirs, and WHEREAS the current operating plan does not limit releases from the largest reservoirs to the inflow of water into storage, nor does it appropriately account for the evaporative losses attributable to water storag

WHEREAS Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell have allowed the seven Colorado River Basin states to share and cooperatively plan for the...

WHEREAS Club 20 has several resolutions concerning trans-mountain diversion of Western Slope waters and the economic, aesthetic and...

WHEREAS the struggle in the West to preserve private property rights continues in the face of increasing federal control and management of federal lands and the resources interconnected with those lands; and WHEREAS the creation of specific federal reserved water rights, especially in connection with additional wilderness designations, is still subject to debate and final resolution by Congress; and WHEREAS the federal agencies, as affirmed by passage of the McCarran Amendmen

WHEREAS CLUB 20 continues to vigorously defend western Colorado water rights and the Colorado system of water law, and WHEREAS the Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Basin recovery programs (“Programs”) have the dual objectives of recovery of endangered fish species and continued management and development of water for human purposes, and WHEREAS the fundamental tenets of the Programs are providing water for endangered fish in accordance with state law and interstate

WHEREAS in 1973 the Colorado Legislature passed landmark legislation to protect Colorado’s natural environment through a pioneer in-stream flow law; and WHEREAS since the inception of Colorado’s instream flow program, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) has adjudicated instream flow rights on nearly 10,000 miles of Colorado’s streams and rivers and 480 rights to protect natural lake levels; and WHEREAS the CWCB has the exclusive authority under Colorado law to

WHEREAS It is important to protect and maintain reliable funding sources that are earmarked for development of future water projects and...

WHEREAS Legislation has been considered from time to time that proposes to change the composition of the Colorado Water Conservation Board; and WHEREAS Legislation of this type increases the number of members of the Colorado Water Conservation Board to include one member from each of the congressional districts; and WHEREAS This reconfiguration increases Front Range membership; and WHEREAS CLUB 20 continues to support the current make-up of the board by river basin; NOW,

WHEREAS the construction of new projects is integral to providing adequate water supplies to future generation of Coloradoan’s; and WHEREAS Colorado is investigating how to provide adequate water supplies through the Roundtable and Inter Basin Compact Commission activities which have identified new projects as necessary to meet the future demands; and WHEREAS new projects may have impacts upon existing water users that must be identified and addressed as part of the plannin

WHEREAS the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted a rule regarding the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL); and WHEREAS Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act and related federal regulations establish an assessment and planning framework for identifying actions needed to attain water‑quality standards (i.e., water‑quality goals to protect aquatic life, drinking water, and other uses); and WHEREAS TMDL regulations could have impacts on the management of agriculture op

WHEREAS tamarisk is a deciduous shrub/small tree that was introduced to the western U.S. in the early nineteenth century from Central...

WA-14-1 Support For Water Conservation Efforts WHEREAS Population projections for Colorado indicate that the present population will double by the year 2050 and the associated water demand will primarily be met from: (1) conservation and reuse of existing supplies; (2) dry-up of agricultural land in order to move water to cities; and (3) new trans-mountain diversions (TMD); and WHEREAS Water conservation is an important and integral component of meeting the future municipal w

WHEREAS selenium is a naturally-occurring geological material in western Colorado, and WHEREAS the United States Environmental...

WHEREAS Colorado adopted the Prior Appropriation Doctrine before statehood as its guiding philosophy for allocation of scarce water resources to growing demands; and WHEREAS Colorado enshrined the Prior Appropriation Doctrine in the state Constitution, providing that waters of the state belong to the people of the state subject to appropriation for beneficial use; and WHEREAS the well-settled principals of water allocation under the Prior Appropriation Doctrine have shaped

WHEREAS proposals for new water diversions and transfers out of the Colorado River Basin continue to pose a serious threat to the...

WHEREAS the Clean Water Act requires and the EPA has promulgated rules to address control and mitigation for non-point source pollution; and WHEREAS non-point source pollution affects many Western Colorado streams and rivers with attendant impact to both the environment and the human communities; and WHEREAS the State of Colorado has a large stake in demonstrating leadership and setting a proactive posture to assure non‑point source pollution and control is accomplished in

WHEREAS in 1973 the Colorado Legislature passed landmark legislation to protect Colorado’s natural environment through a pioneer in-stream flow law; and WHEREAS since the inception of Colorado’s instream flow program, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) has adjudicated instream flow rights on nearly 10,000 miles of Colorado’s streams and rivers and 480 rights to protect natural lake levels; and WHEREAS the CWCB has the exclusive authority under Colorado law to

WHEREAS the State Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) phases 1 and 2 have shown the need for additional water storage in order for Colorado...

WHEREAS the Clean Water Act requires and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has promulgated rules to address control and mitigation of non-point source pollution, and WHEREAS the EPA continues to propose new and more stringent regulations on water quality, including domestic drinking water, that are restrictive, costly, and in some cases seemingly based on an ability to measure smaller and smaller concentrations, and not on human or environmental health and safety, an

WHEREAS Senate Bill 74, adopted in 1996, authorized the State Engineer to conduct a thorough,/ peer‑reviewed, scientific study...