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Committee hears study proposal to manage water by watershed rather than county lines
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The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 2210, a proposal to study managing water by watershed boundaries rather than by county lines, sponsor Senator Mark Webber said.
The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 2210, a measure to study shifting water management from political boundaries to watershed-based administration, sponsor Senator Mark Webber said. "Senate bill 22 10 is really a very a very simple bill," Webber said, adding that "water does not run follow political boundaries but runs on a watershed basis."
The bill would commission a study to examine whether a watershed-based model, similar to systems used in other states, would improve how drainage and water management projects are assessed and financed across county lines. Webber told the committee the intent is to evaluate models and return recommendations to the Legislature…
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