2019 CRWUA Annual Conference Agenda

Explore the Annual Conference tentative agenda. Register now to attend December 11-13, 2019, at Bally’s Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conversation in the Colorado River Basin over the past year has been dominated by the Upper and Lower Basin Drought Contingency plans so you won’t want to miss these sessions at the conference on the morning […]
Improving the Measurement of Snowpack

Photo credit: Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism The National Snow and Ice Center’s Jeffrey Deems is heading up a project, in California and Colorado, aimed at improving the measurement of snowpack to help water providers and irrigators better estimate and manage runoff. Much of the western U.S. depends on annual snow accumulations in the mountains for […]
Register Now for the 2019 CRWUA Annual Conference

Westwide SNOTEL Current Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) % of Normal. View the full image. Registration is open for the Annual Conference, December 11-13, in Las Vegas, Nevada! Don’t miss out! The conference is always jam-packed with information, updates, and the chance to network with many of the movers and shakers up and down the Colorado River from […]
Networking Opportunities at CRWUA’s Annual Conference

Photo from the Bureau of Reclamation showing plywood extensions at the top of a spillway gate and the permanent installation. Networking opportunities are legion at the CRWUA’s Annual Conference. Converstions in the hallways in between sessions afford attendees a great opportunity to circle back with old friends, make new friends, and meet folks responsible for […]
Challenge at Glen Canyon

Photo from the Bureau of Reclamation showing plywood extensions at the top of a spillway gate and the permanent installation. The epic snowpack and runoff year in the Colorado River Basin evokes memories of 1983 and the dangers at the Glen Canyon Dam when the left spillway failed. Reclamation had drawn down the reservoir in […]
150th Anniversary of the Powell Expedition

The famous Powell armchair in Marble Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park. Coconino County, Arizona. August 20, 1872. (Photo credit: E.O. Beaman. Public domain) It’s the 150th anniversary of explorer and geologist John Wesley Powell’s journey down the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1869. The USGS has a dedicated website for the commemoration, and they are posting photo galleries […]
Lake Mead Water Level Forecasts

Colorado River from Lee’s Ferry (Photo credit: Gonzo fan2007 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0.) The Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) reductions along with an unusually wet winter in the Colorado River Basin from stem to stern have been factored into the forecasts for Lake Mead this season. According to an article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal […]
Connect with Old Friends and Make New Friends

One of the lighter moments during the Upper Basin Commission meeting at the conference. (Photo credit: Brent Gardner Smith, Aspen Journalism.) The annual CRWUA conference is known for the networking and hard work by attendees. One of the highlights is the opportunity to have a conversation with someone from every Colorado River Basin state, Mexico, and […]
Save the Date: December 11-13, 2019

Back Row Left to Right: James Eklund (CO), John D’Antonio (NM), Pat Tyrell (WY), Eric Melis (UT), Tom Buschatzke (AZ), Peter Nelson (CA), John Entsminger (NV), Front Row: Brenda Burman (US), and from DOI – Assistant Secretary of Water and Science Tim Petty The Annual Colorado River Water Users Association Convention in Las Vegas. We will be posting […]
2018 Conference
No Shortage of Concern: Beyond the Shadow of Drought