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Annual Colorado River District Water Seminars

Sept. 18, 2009  "Dust in the Wind and Other Winds of Change"
Save the Date
The Colorado River District's Annual Water Seminar is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, at the Two Rivers Convention Center in Grand Junction, Colo. The cost is $25, lunch included. Speakers and panels will discuss Colorado River operations by the Bureau of Reclamation in the Lower Basin and this year's unusually intense winter dust storm phenomenon and early runoff. We also expect to hear from a new high ranking member of the Obama administration's Department of Interior. More is yet to come. Look for registration information in the coming weeks.

Once again, our event coincides with the very popular Colorado Mountain Winefest at Palisade (http://www.coloradowinefest.com/). This makes securing lodging challenging in the Grand Valley. For attendees' convenience, the Colorado River District has blocked a number of rooms for Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Hampton Inn, adjacent to the Two Rivers Convention Center.

Hotel contact information:
(Must call, do not book online)
Hampton Inn, 205 Main Street, Grand Junction, CO  81501
970-243-3222
Room Block listed under "Colorado River District"  The rate is $149 per room and will be held, while availability lasts, or until August 21st.
If tax exemption status applicable, seminar attendee must mention that at the time they make their reservation.

For more information about the Annual Water Seminar, contact Jim Pokrandt, Colorado River District, 970-945-8522 x 236; e-mail .






North AmericaSeptember 19, 2008 Annual Water Seminar
Grand Junction, CO

"What Would an Intra-State Colorado River Compact Look Like and How Would it Work?"

 

"COLORADO RIVER COMPACT ENTITLEMENTS, CLEARING UP MISCONCEPTIONS" by Justice Gregory Hobbs, Jr.

2008 Program & presentations:

What Would an Intra-State Colorado River Compact Look Like and How Would It Work (Or Not)? (presentation)

Colorado Supreme Court Justice Greg Hobbs, Moderator, David Robbins, Esq., Eric Kuhn, State Senator Josh Penry

Limiting the Risk of a Compact Call with a Water Bank, Peter Fleming, Esq., Bruce Whitehead and Steve Harris

Lunch address from Upper Colorado Regional Director Larry Walkoviak, Bureau of Reclamation

Front Range Vision for a Water Supply Future (presentation) Mark Phifer and Eric Wilkinson

Denver Water: Using only what we need (presentation) Melissa Elliott   

Energy-Water Supply Study Update Daniel Birch


2008 Media Coverage and Press Release

 

2007 "Water: Fueling the Future?"

Future energy development and its demand on water supplies in Western Colorado was explored.  Looming questions, especially for oil shale development, concern water supply and water quality especially given the fact that Colorado faces limits on how much water it can develop from the Colorado River system and energy needs compete with population growth, agriculture, recreation and the environment.

2006 "River of Shortages: Drought, Demand and Consensus for the Colorado"

Focus was on the Seven States' shortages agreement forged earlier this year among Arizona, California, Nevada (the Lower Basin states) and Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico (the Upper Basin states).




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