This bill allows more organizations to help maintain Bolts Ditch in Colorado. It specifically adds two new entities that can perform this work.
Bolts Ditch Act This bill allows additional entities—the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority—to access and use the Bolts Ditch and its headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Colorado for the purposes of the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of such ditch and headgate.
1. The bill expands eligibility for maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and its headgate to include local water authorities. 2. It amends an existing conservation law to facilitate this change. 3. The new eligible entities are the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority. 4. This change aims to improve water management and infrastructure in the Holy Cross Wilderness area.
Local water authorities and the surrounding community in Colorado are most affected by this legislation.