Bear River Reservoir Company; Stillwater Reservoir Drain, Collar, and Channel CFP Grant: $123,000 Stillwater Reservoir has been under a fill restriction since 2019 due to seepage at the left abutment. It supplies late-season irrigation to 19 Bear River agricultural ditches. Building on a $125,000 River District award for engineering, the project will install
Maybell Ditch Company; Maybell Ditch Breach Repair CFP Grant: $24,097 On Aug. 12, 2024, the Maybell Ditch breached, blowing out two headgates, carving a large washout, and depositing sediment on private fields. Repairs were completed by September and irrigation resumed. The ditch serves 18 users and is one of the Yampa Basin’s largest
City of Grand Junction; Juniata Enlarged Ditch Piping/Lining Project CFP Grant: $25,000 The City is designing a project to pipe or line 2.3 miles of the Juniata Enlarged Ditch to remediate roughly 30% seepage and improve reliability. The ditch delivers Kannah Creek water to Juniata Reservoir and supports the City and 40 agricultural
Our main office is are located at 201 Centennial Street, Suite 200 in Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Map Wolford Mountain Reservoir operations office is located at 27219 U.S. Highway 40, Kremmling, CO 80459
The Colorado River Water Conservation District (River District) was created by the Colorado General Assembly in 1937. The River District provides legal and political representation for Western Colorado water interests. It also develops and assists others with the development of Western Colorado’s water resources. In general, the River District can appropriate water rights, litigate water matters,
To lead in the protection, conservation, use, and development of the water resources of the Colorado River 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 River District’s General Fund is funded by a property tax within the 15 Western Colorado counties we serve. Revenues for the River District’s Enterprise activities are primarily based on water sales, lease revenues and investment interest earnings.
Board meeting notices and agendas are posted at least twenty-four hours prior to a meeting and held the third Tuesday of the months of Jan., April, July and Oct.
River District Directors are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of each county in the district and serve a three year term. Find your county representative.
Construction of the reservoir was completed in May 1995.