From The Pueblo Chieftain: "The Colorado Water Conservation Board came out Tuesday against a proposal to amend the state constitution that would reduce state funding for water projects and a host of other natural resource programs. Amendment 52 would reallocate severance tax revenue from the Department of Natural Resources and put it toward a Legislature-controlled trust fund that would give priority to easing congestion on Interstate 70. In a draft analysis that looked at just the next four years under the measure, the state Legislative Council estimated the measure would swing $226 million toward highway funding. Colorado Department of Natural Resources Director Sherman Harris, speaking as a member of CWCB, said the measure would impair the state's ability to keep up with the $2.7 billion in water infrastructure improvements identified by the Statewide Water Supply Initiative. 'There's a huge need out there for water,' he said. Under the amendment, money for water projects is expected to drop by $44.7 million in 2009, according to the draft analysis."
Category: Colorado Water
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