Jaci Gould, USBR Lower Colorado Basin Regional Director
Jaci Gould was recently named regional director for the USBR’s Lower Colorado Basin Region. As regional director, Gould will lead over 800 employees in the region, which encompasses the last 700 miles of the Colorado River to the Mexican border, southern Nevada, southern California, and most of Arizona. She will oversee hydropower operations and maintenance […]
Wayne Pullan, Upper Colorado Basin Regional Director
CRWUA members are the heart of our organization. Say hello to Wayne Pullan the Upper Colorado Basin Regional Director. As Regional Director, Pullan leads 800 Reclamation professionals who manage 82 projects and dams, including 19 hydroelectric powerplants. Those facilities provide water to approximately 5.7 million people living in the region and electricity for almost 6 […]
Conference Registration Open
We’re very excited to announce that registration is now open for the Annual Conference December 11-14, 2021. (Please note that the conference is Tuesday through Thursday rather than the traditional Wednesday to Friday from past conferences.) Please register at this link. You can check back for updates at www.crwua.org or follow us on Twitter and Instagram,. We are very excited […]
President Biden has nominated M. Camille Calimlim Touton to become Commissioner, of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior.
M. Camille Calimlim Touton is a Nevadan who has spent her career focusing on water policy. Prior to joining Interior, Camille served as Senior Professional Staff for the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Camille’s congressional experience also includes serving as Professional Staff for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the U.S. […]
Colorado River Basin Outlook
2021 CRWUA CONFERENCE, December 14-16, 2021 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. We’ll be back live this year for the annual conference. Follow us on Twitter @CRWUA_water or check the website for updates about the topics and speakers. The news that the Colorado River Basin is suffering from extended drought and the second very dry year in […]
2021 Conference Expo
Click here to view the presentations and video from the 75th Anniversary Conference (December 18, 2020). Since the Annual Conference will be back at Caesars Palace this year the conference expo will be back in force. There will be opportunities to learn about new technology and network with other professionals around the Colorado River Basin. Other […]
2021 CRWUA Conference
December 14-16, 2021Caesars Palace, Las Vegas We’ll be back live this year for the annual conference. Follow us @CRWUA_water on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com, or check the website for updates: https://www.crwua.org about the topics and speakers. The photo above is from a Lower Colorado River Basin panel at a prior conference. #CRWUA2021 #ColoradoRiver #COriver
Ten Tribes
The Colorado River Basin Tribes Partnership, also known as the Ten Tribes Partnership, is an organization formed in 1992 by 10 federally recognized tribes with reserved water rights in the Colorado River Basin. The member tribes are: Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Navajo Nation, Chemehuevi Indian […]
Wyoming
During 2020, Wyoming has been actively involvedin an outreach effort with the water users on the feasibility of demand management in Wyoming. As a prelude to the demand management discussion, the users expressed a need for clarity on potential curtailment parameters. Most recently, four focus groups were convened to explore the details of several topics […]
Utah
Utah’s economy ranks as the best of any state in 2020 with its high Domestic Gross Product growth rate (3.4% compared to the national average of 1.9%), high employment growth and low unemployment rate. The state is currently home to more than 3 million residents, which is expected to nearly double by 2065. To prepare […]