Ritter to sign water quality bill
Rocky Mountain News
Published March 9, 2007 at midnight
Text size 
Water court judges, for the first time, will be able to consider environmental impacts and water quality along with water quantity as part of the determination on larger permanent transfers in a bill that Gov. Bill Ritter will sign Monday.
"This bill protects the lower Arkansas Valley, but more importantly, it establishes a legal precedent for protecting water quality statewide," Ritter said.
The bill was sponsored by State Rep. Buffie McFadyen, D-Pueblo West, and State Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass Village.
The signing will take place at 9:30 a.m. Monday in El Pueblo History Museum in Pueblo.
Featured
-
DNC in Denver
Complete coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
-
The Crevasse
A five-part series that examines one tragic day on Mount Rainier.
-
Deadly denial
Sick nuclear workers applied for government compensation but most haven't seen a dime.
-
Final Salute
The Rocky followed Maj. Steve Beck as he took on the most difficult duty of his career.
-
'Colorado's burning'
Coverage of the state's worst wildfires.
-
Columbine shootings
Coverage of the April 20, 1999, shootings at Littleton's Columbine High School.
-
The Crossing
Colorado's deadliest traffic accident killed 20 children on Dec. 14, 1961.
-
Osveli's journey
Osveli Sales left Guatemala for a better life. Two months later, he came home in a box.
-
Wake for an Indian warrior
Oglala Sioux bestow a tribute to the first tribal fatality in Iraq.
