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Bill Detail: SB24-037

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Title Study Green Infrastructure for Water Quality Management
Status Governor Signed (05/24/2024)
Bill Subjects
  • Natural Resources & Environment
  • Water
House Sponsors K. McCormick (D)
M. Lynch (R)
Senate Sponsors J. Bridges (D)
C. Simpson (R)
House Committee Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources
Senate Committee Agriculture and Natural Resources
Date Introduced 01/10/2024
Summary

Water Resources and Agriculture Review Committee. The bill
requires the division of administration (division) in the department of
public health and environment (department), in collaboration with the
university of Colorado's Mortenson center in global engineering and
resilience and the Colorado water institute located within Colorado state
university, to:
  • Conduct a feasibility study of the use of green
infrastructure, which refers to nature-based,
watershed-scale water quality management solutions that
are an alternative to traditional gray infrastructure, which
refers to centralized water treatment facilities, and the use
of green financing mechanisms for water quality
management;
  • Establish one or more pilot projects in the state to
demonstrate the use of green infrastructure, green financing
mechanisms, or both;
  • Adopt rules establishing a prepermit baseline date to assist
municipalities and other water providers to pursue
prepermit solutions for compliance with state and federal
water quality standards; and
  • Submit a report and present to the water resources and
agriculture review committee on the progress of the
feasibility study and any pilot projects and on any
legislative and administrative recommendations to promote
the use of green infrastructure and green financing
mechanisms for water quality management in the state.

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