2017 Colorado River Water Users Association Annual Convention Starts December 13

Eric Kuhn

Eric Kuhn along the banks of the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs, former general manager of the Colorado River District. Photo via the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. The Colorado River Water Users Association Annual Convention starts next Wednesday, December 13, 2017. Don’t miss out on the great program! Thursday, December 14, 20179:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Keynote […]

Register now for the Colorado River Water Users Association Annual Conference

Attendees mingling at the 2017 CRWUA conference

Register now for the Colorado River Water Users Association Annual Conference. We have an exciting program again this year, including a Social Media Colloquium on Wednesday, December 13th, featuring a panel with social media folks from CRWUA, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Denver Water, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, and media representatives. Learn about […]

Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr.

Gregory Hobbs

Greg Hobbs, who served as a Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from May 1, 1996 to August 31, 2015, is currently a Senior Water Judge assigned to mediation of Colorado Water Court cases. He is Co-Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Program at the University of Denver’s Law School. A member of the […]

Early CRWUA Registration Closing Next Week

Colorado River below Morelos Dam

Early registration closes next week for the Colorado River Water Users Association 2016 Annual Convention in Las Vegas. A multi-year drought has settled in across much of the Colorado River Basin and California. Communicating the seriousness of the problem and strategies for dealing with the long- and short-term shortages is the goal of the, “Communicating […]

CRWUA Colloquium – Wednesday 12/14

Gregory Hobbs

Don’t miss Greg Hobbs’ session “Colorado River 101” at the Colorado River Water Users Association 2016 Annual Conference! About Greg Hobbs, Jr. Greg Hobbs, Jr., former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court who retired from the court on August 31, 2015, is the author of five books on water law, history, culture and poetry. After […]

Water Quality On CRWUA Agenda

Brock Reservoir

The program committee has come up with a varied and engaging agenda for the Annual Conference, December 14-16. Protecting the Waters: Collaborative Environmental Initiatives across the Basin – Palace III will explore win-win solutions for water quality efforts. Meeting future supply gaps in reuse is the subject of PM Session 2A – Expanding the Waters: Innovation in […]

Conference Will Address Drought

Irrigation among crops

The Southwestern drought will be front and center on Wednesday afternoon, December 14th with two sessions. Communication Colloquium – “Communicating the Drought: A Call to Action” will explore the use of social media and traditional media to keep rate payers informed. Legal/Agricultural Colloquium – “Navigating the Drought: Legal Issues for Agriculture” will look at the legal limitations […]