Water Project Eligibility Lists
House Joint Resolution 1004 updates Colorado’s state-administered eligibility lists for two revolving loan programs run through the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority: the Drinking Water Revolving Fund and the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. The resolution adds a number of drinking water and wastewater projects to the lists, modifies many existing entries to reflect project changes or expanded scopes, and removes a small number of projects that are complete, no longer needed, or otherwise ineligible. Only projects on these eligibility lists may seek financial assistance through the respective funds.
For drinking water projects, the resolution adds or revises projects involving treatment plants, distribution and transmission lines, storage, meters, water rights, consolidation, interconnection, source water protection, and green infrastructure. For wastewater projects, it adds or revises projects involving treatment facilities, collection and interceptor systems, stormwater, reuse, biosolids, nonpoint source controls, and green infrastructure. The resolution also deletes a few completed or unnecessary projects from both lists, including Superior Metropolitan District No. 1 and several wastewater-related entries.
The bill’s practical impact is administrative but important: it changes which local governments, districts, utilities, and associations are eligible to apply for state revolving fund financing for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. It does not itself appropriate money or authorize construction, but it clears the way for listed entities to pursue low-cost financing for eligible water-quality and water-supply improvements under existing statutes.
The overall sentiment appears strongly supportive and noncontroversial. The resolution passed the House and Senate unanimously, and the committee votes recorded were also unanimous. The bill’s findings emphasize public health, environmental protection, job creation, and economic welfare, reflecting broad legislative agreement that the listed projects serve state interests.
There is little visible contention in the record. Because the measure mainly updates eligibility lists, any substantive disagreement would likely have centered on whether particular projects should be added, modified, or removed, or whether certain projects were sufficiently ready or eligible for revolving fund assistance. No such disputes appear in the available votes or transcripts.
This resolution amends the state’s Drinking Water Project Eligibility List and Water Pollution Control Project Eligibility List administered by the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority under Title 37, Article 95, Colorado Revised Statutes. It affects local governments, special districts, water and sanitation districts, homeowner associations, mutual water companies, and other utilities by determining which projects may seek assistance from the Drinking Water Revolving Fund and Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. The measure changes eligibility status for numerous projects but does not directly change permitting, water rights law, or environmental standards.
The sentiment around HJR1004 is uniformly positive and procedural. It was approved unanimously in committee and on the floor in both chambers, indicating broad bipartisan support for updating the revolving fund eligibility lists. The bill is framed as supporting public health, infrastructure, environmental protection, and economic development, and there is no recorded opposition in the available history.
No notable contention is reflected in the available record. The only likely points of discussion would have been the inclusion, modification, or deletion of specific projects on the eligibility lists, especially where changes involved water rights, consolidation, interconnection, green infrastructure, or project completion. However, the unanimous votes suggest those issues were not divisive or were resolved before final consideration.