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Committee approves temporary protection from abandonment for water rights tied to damaged dams and diversion systems
Summary
Senator Steinmetz presented Senate File 80 as a measure to let owners of lawful dams or diversion systems apply to the Board of Control for a time-limited extension to avoid abandonment of water rights when necessary repairs or replacement prevent beneficial use.
Senator Steinmetz presented Senate File 80 to the Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee as a measure intended to protect water rights when infrastructure failures or necessary repairs make continued beneficial use infeasible. "If the holder of an appropriation of water from a surface, underground or reservoir water source fails ... to use the water ... during any five successive years he is considered as having abandoned the water right," the sponsor explained, introducing the bill's purpose.
The proposal allows the owner of a lawful dam or diversion system to apply to the Board of Control for…
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