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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 24 – Water supply enhancement projects

HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 24

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HJM024....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
WATER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS - Stating findings of the Legislature and
recommending development of additional water supply enhancement projects.
                                                                        
03/03    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/04    Rpt prt - to Res/Con
03/10    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/12    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsors - Roberts & Cuddy
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/15    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/17    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/18    10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsor - Noh
    Title apvd - to House
03/18    To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19    Pres signed - To Secretary of State

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 24
                                                                        
                                BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                   A JOINT MEMORIAL
  2    TO THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, THE  COMMIS-
  3        SIONER OF THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGI-
  4        NEERS,  THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, THE MEMBERS OF THE IDAHO WATER
  5        RESOURCE BOARD, THE DIRECTOR OF THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF  WATER  RESOURCES,
  6        AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE
  7        CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
                                                                        
  8        We,  your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
  9    State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session  of  the  Fifty-seventh
 10    Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
                                                                        
 11        WHEREAS,  the  Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior's
 12    "Water 2025" Initiative has appropriately  recognized  the  need  to  identify
 13    solutions  for water supply problems at the state and local level, in order to
 14    avoid conflicts like those that have occurred in the Klamath Basin and the Rio
 15    Grande Basin in recent years; and
 16        WHEREAS, Idaho is an arid state  and  is  in  the  midst  of  a  prolonged
 17    drought; and
 18        WHEREAS,  Idaho  is  a  rapidly  growing state, with emerging water supply
 19    needs for municipalities, urban development, industries and commercial  enter-
 20    prises, as well as continued agricultural demands; and
 21        WHEREAS, additional water supplies are desired to help address conjunctive
 22    administration  issues involving the legal and hydrologic relationship between
 23    surface and ground water needs; and
 24        WHEREAS, listings of fish and other aquatic species under  the  Endangered
 25    Species  Act,  lawsuits,  and  other demands for water continue to perplex our
 26    state.
 27        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 28    sion  of the Fifty-seventh Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
 29    the Senate concurring therein, that we support the identification and develop-
 30    ment of additional water supply enhancement projects including, but  not  lim-
 31    ited  to,  on-stream  and  off-stream  storage, increased capacity at existing
 32    storage facilities, ground water storage, recharge  of  aquifer  supplies  and
 33    pressurized irrigation systems.
 34        BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED that we encourage the Bureau of Reclamation, the
 35    United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Idaho  Water  Resource  Board,  the
 36    Idaho  Department  of Water Resources, and other federal and state agencies to
 37    cooperate with the citizens of the state of Idaho in identifying and  develop-
 38    ing  such  water supply projects as are necessary to address the growing needs
 39    and demands of the state.
 40        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the  House  of  Representa-
 41    tives  be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
 42    Memorial to the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, the
 43    Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, the United  States  Army  Corps  of
 44    Engineers,  the Governor of the State of Idaho, the members of the Idaho Water
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1    Resource Board, the director of the Idaho Department of Water  Resources,  and
  2    the  congressional  delegation representing the State of Idaho in the Congress
  3    of the United States.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 14180

This joint memorial recognizes the need for additional water
supplies to meet the emerging needs of our rapidly growing state. 
The joint memorial also encourages federal and state agencies to
cooperate with citizens of the State of Idaho in identifying and
developing such water supply projects. Water is needed for
municipalities, urban development, industries and commercial
enterprises, as well as continued agricultural demands,
conjunctive administration issues involving the legal and
hydrologic relationship between surface and ground water needs,
and demands for more water for fish and other aquatic species
under the Endangered Species Act, including recent lawsuits filed
by several conservation and fishing groups.


                          FISCAL IMPACT

None


Contact
Name: Speaker Bruce Newcomb 
Phone: (208) 332-1111
Representative Ken Roberts
Representative Chuck Cuddy


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                      HJM 024