Two Roberts Bills to Improve Water Access and Management Pass Senate

DENVER, CO – Two bipartisan bills sponsored by Senator Dylan Roberts, D-Frisco, to modernize and improve Colorado’s water management programs passed the Senate today. 

“Securing our state’s water future is one of the most pressing issues facing Colorado, especially for the rural and mountain communities I represent,” said Roberts. “Both of these bills update and expand tools and resources we use to ensure that we’re prepared to have enough water in the face of a hotter, drier future.”

HB25-1014, cosponsored by Senator Cleave Simpson, R-Alamosa, would streamline permitting for Colorado’s groundwater and cut red tape for the Division of Water Resources to more efficiently issue and extend permits for Coloradans who want to build a water well. 

HB25-1115, cosponsored by Senator Marc Catlin, R-Montrose, would expand power for the Colorado Water Conservation Board to administer programs to monitor, measure, and disseminate data on snowpack using the latest technologies. These measures would strengthen our state’s ability to forecast water supply and flood hazards. 

HB25-1014 and HB25-1115 now head to the Governor’s desk for his signature.