Tribal Water Panel
View the full image. For folks interested in tribal water rights and efforts to manage water in the Colorado River Basin won’t want to miss the session, “We’re all in this boat,” on Thursday at this year’s CRWUA Annual Conference: PM Session 1B – Tribal Water Panel “We’re All In This Boat” – Platinum Room […]
What Does the Science Say?
View the full image. Are you curious about the past and future engineering and science of the Colorado River Basin? You’ll want to attend the Thursday session at the CRWUA Annual Conference (December 11-13, Bally’s, Las Vegas) titled, “What Does the Science Say?” PM Session 1A – What Does the Science Say? – Gold Room […]
Colby Pellegrino, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Jim Lochhead, Denver Water CEO/Manager, will be on a panel on Thursday at the CRWUA Annual Convention titled, “DCP: An Upper Basin Perspective,” discussing the Upper Basin Drought Contingency Plan approved last May. Colby Pellegrino is moderating a panel, “DCP: A Lower Basin Perspective,” on Thursday morning at the CRWUA Annual Conference. She is the […]
Jim Lochhead, Denver Water, CEO/Manager
Jim Lochhead, Denver Water CEO/Manager, will be on a panel on Thursday at the CRWUA Annual Convention titled, “DCP: An Upper Basin Perspective,” discussing the Upper Basin Drought Contingency Plan approved last May. He was appointed Denver Water’s CEO/Manager in 2010. Lochhead also currently serves on the boards of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, […]
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 […]