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Committee backs bill to require joint watershed boards for cross-county drainage projects
Summary
Senate Bill 22-76 would require counties that share a multi-county drainage project to form a joint watershed board with powers like local water resource districts; supporters argue it will reduce long-running disputes and spread costs more fairly.
Senator Larry Lewick told the Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee that Senate Bill 22-76 would require counties that share drainage and joint water projects to form a joint watershed board from the existing county water boards to oversee projects that cross jurisdictional lines.
Lewick said ongoing disputes between counties over multi-county drainage projects have stalled repairs and projects for years. “I believe that this would have never have taken place if we would have had this in place years ago,” he told the committee, arguing watershed-based governance is…
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