Senate File 415 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  JOHNSON


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act making an appropriation to Iowa state university for
  2    purposes of supporting a West Okoboji lake project to
  3    preserve, protect, and sustain drinking water supplies.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1297SS 82
  6 da/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY == WEST OKOBOJI LAKE
  1  2 PROJECT.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1  3 state to Iowa state university for the fiscal year beginning
  1  4 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount,
  1  5 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
  1  6 purposes designated:
  1  7    For purposes of supporting a West Okoboji lake project in
  1  8 order to preserve, protect, and sustain drinking water
  1  9 supplies:
  1 10 .................................................. $    110,000
  1 11    In carrying out the project, Iowa state university may
  1 12 create high precision maps of the lake, analyze lake current
  1 13 patterns and water transport, assess groundwater sources and
  1 14 discharges to the lake, develop a water table map, develop
  1 15 computer models to simulate groundwater interaction with the
  1 16 lake, provide a monitoring network for surface inputs to the
  1 17 lake, and analyze the water quality of the lake and related
  1 18 water sources, including but not limited to nutrient
  1 19 chemistry.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill appropriates moneys from the state general fund
  1 22 to support a West Okoboji lake project in order to preserve,
  1 23 protect, and sustain drinking water supplies.  The bill
  1 24 provides that in carrying out the project, the university may
  1 25 conduct a series of studies related to determining the
  1 26 relationship between surface water and groundwater in the lake
  1 27 area.
  1 28 LSB 1297SS 82
  1 29 da/cf/24