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Select Water Committee advances omnibus planning and construction bills, approves UW research funding
Summary
The Select Water Committee voted to sponsor the omnibus planning and construction water bills, including $374,997 for two University of Wyoming research projects, and adopted an amendment adding a satellite-validation research item to the construction bill.
The Select Water Committee on Feb. 2 advanced its omnibus planning and construction water bills and approved funding for two University of Wyoming water-research projects totaling $374,997.
Committee members approved a planning-bill amendment that replaces a prior TBD with $374,997 for the two UW research proposals and moved the planning omnibus (26LSO0346) to the legislature on a roll-call vote reported as 12 ayes, 0 nays. The construction omnibus was also advanced as amended after the committee adopted a research amendment and recorded a 12-aye outcome with one member noting a conflict.
Why it matters: The packages authorize a slate of planning studies and construction projects across the state, move previously tabled projects back into active consideration, and attach short-term research funding intended to improve water-resource decision-making. The committee’s action clears the bills for formal introduction…
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