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Senate committee advances bill setting criteria for new reservoirs
Summary
The Senate Natural Resources committee unanimously recommended House Bill 349 (first substitute), which sets baseline requirements — including secure water rights, demonstrated regional or state benefit, a local sponsoring water district and affordability — before reservoir projects seek funding or legislative review.
The Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee on a voice vote advanced House Bill 349 (first substitute), a bill that lays out minimum criteria for proposed reservoirs, the sponsor said.
Representative Brooks, the bill sponsor, said the measure is intended to remove politics from the earliest stages of reservoir proposals and focus on fundamental feasibility. "The meat of this bill starts on line 51," the sponsor said, describing requirements that project proponents must show a water right, a local sponsor such as a water conservancy district, demonstrated need and that a…
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