RRWCD to host public meetings

The Republican River Water Conservation District and the Colorado Agriculture Water Alliance are sponsoring public meetings to inform the public of recent resolutions approved by the RRWCD that change the rates to be paid for conservation contracts in the South Fork Focus Zone.  

The 2016 resolution was approved by the Republican River Compact Administration. Colorado was granted 100% credit for the water delivered by the Compact Compliance Pipeline.

In exchange for this, Colorado agreed to retire up to 25,000 acres in the South Fork Republican drainage area known as the South Fork Focus Zone. The deadlines for the retirement of these acres are: 10,000 acres retired by the end of 2024 and the remaining 15,000 acres retired by Dec. 31, 2029.

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