Water News

Water Year 2021 Trickles On, Collecting More Unfortunate Superlatives Since April’s Board meeting, hydrological conditions across the Colorado River Basin have continued to deteriorate sharply, according to River District Director of Science and Interstate Matters Dave Kanzer. He explained that the hot, dry months of early summer accelerated the effects of the 21-year ongoing drought and turned a number of worst-case scenarios into reality more quickly than expected.  “The

Assistant Secretary For Water & Science Calls For Drought Collaboration Assistant Secretary of Water & Science Tanya Trujillo (Left) and Ed Warner of the Bureau of Reclamation (Right) “We have to work together,” said Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary of Water & Science for the Department of the Interior, to Colorado River District board and staff

Federal Policy Update: Bipartisan Infrastructure Package Includes Major Investments In Western Water After months of discussions and negotiations, a bipartisan group of senators reached an agreement with the White House on a federal infrastructure investment package. On July 28, the U.S. Senate voted 67-32 to move forward with the deal, which includes

New Staff Members Join Colorado River District Team The Colorado River District welcomed three new staff members this summer and said goodbye to longtime Executive Assistant Laurie DePaolo.   DePaolo retired in June after 23 years with the Colorado River District. She was first hired as a temporary employee at the District in 1998. In her tenure, she managed many of

July 2021 Board Meeting To Discuss Stark Conditions And Forecasts For The Colorado River Basin Colorado River District Board of Directors to discuss basin hydrology in upcoming meeting Extreme. Exceptional. Alarming. For those in the Upper Colorado River Basin, these words have become the norm when discussing ongoing river conditions, and they appear regularly in recent reports from on-the-ground

State And Federal Policy Updates: Infrastructure And Economic Stimulus On The Front Burner From agricultural efficiency projects and maintenance of existing facilities to natural and physical infrastructure projects, the Western Slope has no shortage of needs when it comes to state and federal water investments. As the U.S. Congress and the Colorado General Assembly consider new infrastructure spending proposals, the