2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-1.5-701) › Article 1.5 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1.5-101 — 25-1.5-701) › Part 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT WITH RESPECT TO WATER (§§ 25-1.5-201 — 25-1.5-210) › Section 25-1.5-209 - Drinking water fee - drinking water cash fund - repeal

(1)
Effective July 1, 2007, the division may assess an annual fee upon public water systems, and all such fees shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
Facility Categories and Subcategories for Drinking Water Fees Annual Fees
(a)
Category 01 Community surface water systems
Subcategory 1
Population from 25 - 250
$ 75
Subcategory 2
Population from 251 - 500
$ 100
Subcategory 3
Population from 501 - 1,000
$ 310
Subcategory 4
Population from 1,001 - 3,300
$ 465
Subcategory 5
Population from 3,301 - 10,000
$ 865
Subcategory 6
Population from 10,001 - 30,000
$ 1,850
Subcategory 7
Population from 30,001 - 100,000
$ 4,940
Subcategory 8
Population from 100,001 - 200,000
$ 9,270
Subcategory 9
Population from 200,001 - 500,000
$ 15,450
Subcategory 10
Population greater than 500,000
$ 21,630
(b)
Category 02 Community groundwater systems
Subcategory 1
Population from 25 - 250
$ 75
Subcategory 2
Population from 251 - 500
$ 100
Subcategory 3
Population from 501 - 1,000
$ 220
Subcategory 4
Population from 1,001 - 3,300
$ 310
Subcategory 5
Population from 3,301 - 10,000
$ 680
Subcategory 6
Population from 10,001 - 30,000
$ 1,545
Subcategory 7
Population greater than 30,001
$ 4,450
(c)
Category 03 Community-purchased surface water or groundwater systems
Subcategory 1
Population from 25 - 250
$ 75
Subcategory 2
Population from 251 - 500
$ 100
Subcategory 3
Population from 501 - 1,000
$ 155
Subcategory 4
Population from 1,001 - 3,300
$ 250
Subcategory 5
Population from 3,301 - 10,000
$ 490
Subcategory 6
Population from 10,001 - 30,000
$ 865
Subcategory 7
Population greater than 30,001
$ 2,470
(d)
Category 04 Nontransient, noncommunity surface water systems
Subcategory 1
Population from 25 - 250
$ 75
Subcategory 2
Population from 251 - 500
$ 100
Subcategory 3
Population from 501 - 1,000
$ 280
Subcategory 4
Population from 1,001 - 3,300
$ 400
Subcategory 5
Population from 3,301 - 10,000
$ 620
Subcategory 6
Population from 10,001 - 30,000
$ 1,670
Subcategory 7
Population greater than 30,001
$ 4,450
(e)
Category 05 Nontransient, noncommunity groundwater systems
Subcategory 1
Population from 25 - 250
$ 75
Subcategory 2
Population from 251 - 500
$ 100
Subcategory 3
Population from 501 - 1,000
$ 155
Subcategory 4
Population from 1,001 - 3,300
$ 245
Subcategory 5
Population from 3,301 - 10,000
$ 495
Subcategory 6
Population from 10,001 - 30,000
$ 1,360
Subcategory 7
Population greater than 30,001
$ 3,650
(f)
Category 06 Nontransient, noncommunity-purchased surface water or groundwater systems
Subcategory 1
Population from 25 - 250
$ 75
Subcategory 2
Population from 251 - 500
$ 100
Subcategory 3
Population from 501 - 1,000
$ 125
Subcategory 4
Population from 1,001 - 3,300
$ 185
Subcategory 5
Population from 3,301 - 10,000
$ 325
Subcategory 6
Population from 10,001 - 30,000
$ 805
Subcategory 7
Population greater than 30,001
$ 1,980
(g)
Category 07 Transient, noncommunity surface water systems
Subcategory 1
Population from 25 - 250
$ 75
Subcategory 2
Population from 251 - 500
$ 100
Subcategory 3
Population from 501 - 1,000
$ 245
Subcategory 4
Population from 1,001 - 3,300
$ 310
Subcategory 5
Population from 3,301 - 10,000
$ 555
Subcategory 6
Population from 10,001 - 30,000
$ 620
Subcategory 7
Population greater than 30,001
$ 3,960
(h)
Category 08 Transient, noncommunity groundwater systems
Subcategory 1
Population from 25 - 250
$ 75
Subcategory 2
Population from 251 - 500
$ 100
Subcategory 3
Population from 501 - 1,000
$ 125
Subcategory 4
Population from 1,001 - 3,300
$ 185
Subcategory 5
Population from 3,301 - 10,000
$ 495
Subcategory 6
Population from 10,001 - 30,000
$ 535
Subcategory 7
Population greater than 30,001
$ 2,970
(i)
Category 09 Transient, noncommunity-purchased surface water or groundwater systems
Subcategory 1
Population from 25 - 250
$ 75
Subcategory 2
Population from 251 - 500
$ 100
Subcategory 3
Population from 501 - 1,000
$ 110
Subcategory 4
Population from 1,001 - 3,300
$ 125
Subcategory 5
Population from 3,301 - 10,000
$ 310
Subcategory 6
Population from 10,001 - 30,000
$ 435
Subcategory 7
Population greater than 30,001
$1,490
(2)
(a)
The drinking water cash fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The general assembly shall annually appropriate money in the cash fund to the department for allocation to the division of administration to operate the drinking water program established in this part 2. The general assembly shall review expenditures of the money to assure that the money is used only for such purposes. All interest earned on the investment or deposit of money in the cash fund and all unappropriated or unencumbered money in the cash fund remain in the cash fund and do not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year or any other time.
(b)
All fees collected pursuant to this section before July 1, 2026, or before the date the rules adopted under section
25-8-210 (1)(a)(I)
become effective shall be credited to the drinking water cash fund.
(c)
On and after July 1, 2026, all fees collected pursuant to rules adopted under section
25-8-210 (1)(a)(I)
shall be credited to the drinking water cash fund.
(3)
Subsections (1) and (2)(b) of this section and this subsection (3) are repealed, effective July 1, 2026.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 216,§ 2, eff. 5/17/2023.
L. 2003: Entire section added with relocations, p. 1502, § 2, effective May 1. L. 2007: Entire section RC&RE, p. 1455, § 3, effective July 1.
Prior to the recreation of this section in 2007, subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2005. (See L. 2003, p. 1502.)