HB15-1016

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HB15-1016 - Promote Precipitation Harvesting Pilot Projects

Passed/Signed into Law

For a complete list of sponsors, see the bill text at: All Text Versions

Concerning Incentives For Precipitation Harvesting.

Water Resources Review Committee. In 2009, the general assembly authorized up to 10 precipitation harvesting pilot projects for new real estate developments of residential housing or mixed uses. Only one project has been approved. To encourage more projects, the bill:

  • Includes the redevelopment of residential housing or mixed uses and new or redeveloped multi-building nonresidential property as potential pilot projects;
  • Directs the Colorado water conservation board to update its approval criteria and guidelines, including regionally applicable factors that sponsors can use for substitute water supply and augmentation plans that specify the amount of evapotranspiration of preexisting natural vegetative cover, to which the state engineer and water judges must give presumptive effect, subject to rebuttal;
  • Reduces the amount of water needed for a project's temporary substitute water supply plan and permanent augmentation plan by the amount of historic natural depletion to the waters of the state, if any, caused by the preexisting natural vegetative cover and evaporation on the surface of the area that will be, or that has been, made impermeable as part of the pilot project; and
  • Specifies that a project's temporary retention of storm water for the purpose of improving water quality is not subject to an order of the state or division engineers if the retention complies with the board's criteria and guidelines and the applicable requirements of the state's water quality laws.
Latest update: May 29, 2015
05/29/2015 Governor Signed
05/08/2015 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/08/2015 Sent to the Governor
05/06/2015 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/30/2015 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/30/2015 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/27/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/24/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/24/2015 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/16/2015 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations
04/09/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy
04/07/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/06/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/02/2015 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/19/2015 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations
03/02/2015 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Finance
02/25/2015 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations
02/02/2015 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
01/07/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Finance