April 2007--Colo. House approves plan to allow water district to charge fees (U.S. Water News Online)
The full House has given its approval to a plan that would allow a Rio Grande Water Conservation subdistrict to charge fees that opponents say would drive some farmers in the San Luis Valley out of business.The bill (Senate Bill 21) now goes back to the Senate to consider amendments added by the House.Lawmakers said without the fees, the state water engineer might have to shut off 5,000 wells because of the recent drought. They said one way or the other, the valley will be forced to idle 40,000 acres of farmland.
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