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August 30, 2012--County finalizes future water plan (Durango Herald)

Six years after the city of Durango’s plan for a whitewater park spurred the creation of a multi-governmental water-use arrangement on the Animas River, La Plata County’s portion of that work is coming to fruition. A settlement negotiated in 2007 that included the city’s Recreational In-Stream Diversion carved out two large water rights that the county manages and co-manages with the Southwest Water Conservation District. Since then, the county has spent five years crafting a program to dole out to residents portions of the water right it manages. On Tuesday, the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners approved a code amendment that lays out exactly how residents can apply for and receive that water. “Everybody wins” with the new program, said Adam Smith, an assistant county attorney who helped craft the code. Both water rights aim to make water available for current and future development.

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