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Committee backs bill allowing reservoirs to be re-permitted for fish and wildlife uses
Summary
Senate Bill 2141 would let some conditional or perfected water permits tied to reservoirs change their purpose from irrigation or industrial uses to lower-priority uses such as fish and wildlife, preserving reservoir structures when original withdrawals are abandoned.
The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend do-pass on Senate Bill 2141 after sponsors and Department of Water Resources staff said the bill makes it easier to change a water-permit’s purpose for reservoirs with authorized storage and withdrawals.
Senator Dale Patton, who introduced the bill, described it as “a simple bill intended to make it easier to change the purpose of use for water…
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