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Senate committee advances bill to let Mapleton water district assume sewer operations to access grants
Summary
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted to move House Bill 3,910 A to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after testimony that the Mapleton sewer association is insolvent and that merging with the Mapleton Water District would allow the community to apply for state and federal grants to replace failing infrastructure.
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted to recommend passage of House Bill 3,910 A after testimony that the Mapleton sewer provider is at risk of insolvency and recent infrastructure failures created public-health hazards.
Proponents said the bill would allow a water district to exercise sanitary district powers, provided affected sanitary districts or other service providers hold a public hearing and give written consent. Representative Wright, who sponsored the bill in the House, described it as “pretty simple” and said it is intended to allow small, often unincorporated, communities to combine water and sewer governance so…
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