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Who We Are
The Colorado River Water Conservation District is a public water policy agency chartered by the Colorado General Assembly in 1937 to be "the appropriate agency for the conservation, use and development of the water resources of the Colorado River and its principal tributaries in Colorado."
 The District is comprised of 15 West Slope counties in which a majority of the Colorado River Basin in the State of Colorado exists. These counties are Moffat, Routt, Grand, Eagle, Summit, Pitkin, Gunnison, Rio Blanco, Garfield, Mesa, Ouray, Delta, and portions of Montrose, Saguache and Hinsdale. The District covers approximately 29,000 square miles, roughly 28% of the land area of Colorado.
The southernmost part of the Colorado River basin in Colorado that encompasses the San Juan River and its tributaries and the upper reaches of the Dolores River are not included within the Colorado River District.
The Colorado River Water Conservation District is governed by a Board of Directors. Each of the 15 counties within the District has one appointed representative. All policies, Resolutions, budget actions and other major activities of the Colorado River District are approved by the Board.
What's in a Name?
The Colorado River Water Conservation District is known by several names, which are often used interchangably. The following list covers the permutations of our name:
Colorado River Water Conservation District,
Colorado River District,
River District,
CRWCD
The River District is often confused with the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), which has a separate and distinct mission from the River District. The CWCB is a statewide agency, based in Denver and also founded in 1937, that pursues water supply protection, flood protection, water supply planning and finance, stream and lake protection and conservation and drought planning for the State of Colorado.
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