Governor Polis signs proposal to fund 60 drinking water projects across Colorado
(UI) — The state of Colorado will now be providing funding for about 60 drinking water projects across the state, according to legislation that was signed last month by Governor Jared Polis.
It is the first bill the governor has signed this year, and it was passed at a time when the Colorado River-dependent states and the federal government are battling to preserve a water allocation system that has been beneficial to the region for a century but is now in jeopardy due to dwindling river supplies.
Many water projects that receive funding from the Drinking Water Revolving Fund under the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority are either deleted or modified by House Joint Resolution 23-1007.
According to the law, in order to get funding, a project must be listed on a list. The additions and modifications were suggested by the Water Quality Control Commission.
“We are here to serve the people of Colorado, and must continue working together to solve pressing problems and help improve the lives of Coloradans. I appreciate the legislature sending this bipartisan bill to my desk, sponsored by the vast majority of Colorado’s General Assembly with the goal of providing clean and safe water to the people of our state,” Polis said in a statement.
The story was originally reported by Colorado Politics.
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