Join the Colorado River District on Tuesday, March 17 at the Sherbino Theater in Ridgway for presentations about the water supply situation in the Uncompahgre River Watershed, Western Slope and Upper Colorado River Basin. The annual State of the River meeting in Ouray County is co-hosted by the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership (UWP) and Ouray County Water Users Association.
Key topics will include:
- River flow forecasts
- Updates on the Colorado River system
- Local water projects and priorities
- Current challenges facing Western Colorado water users
- Shoshone Water Rights Preservation Project updates
- The work of the Colorado River District to fight for West Slope water
UWP will present on our volunteer program sampling water quality monthly at several locations in the Upper Uncompahgre River Watershed. Our second River Corps member recently began his service to help support this program.
For those who can’t make March 17 or who are more interested in Montrose water topics, a State of the River meeting will also be at the Montrose Event Center on March 16.
The Colorado River District’s mission is to lead in the protection, conservation, use, and development of the water resources of the Colorado River water basin for the welfare of the District, and to safeguard for Colorado all waters of the Colorado River to which the state is entitled.
The Colorado River District is local government. We exist to serve you – water users across the 15 West Slope Colorado counties that from the headwaters of the Yampa, White, Gunnison, and Colorado Rivers. We do this through legal and legislative advocacy, technical and engineering support, community outreach and education, and multi-benefit water project grant funding.
In addition to protecting West Slope water interests within our borders, the Colorado River District also supports the State of Colorado to ensure our water interests within the greater Colorado River Basin are protected when federal and interstate negotiations around Colorado River Basin water and water management occur.
