2017 Colorado Legislative Conservation Scorecard

This bill creates more opportunity for water right owners like farmers and irrigators to participate in water conservation programs. In Colorado, if you don't use all of the water that you own each year, you could lose your legal right to it, which can dissuade people from conserving water. This bill expands a program to incentivize water conservation while protecting irrigators’ water rights. Now, if they participate in a state-approved water conservation plan and reduce their water use, the reduced usage will not be used against them.

Bill Sponsors: Representative Jeni Arndt, Senator Larry Crowder