Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum Holds Its 100^th Meeting in Denver
 

The Forum is an organization of the seven Colorado River Basin States. Its purposes are to coordinate with federal agencies to implement the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program, harmonize salinity control efforts among the states, work with Congress to authorize and fund the Control Program, and promote efforts to reduce the salt loading to the Colorado River.

The Forum generally meets twice each year, alternating between the Upper and Lower Basins. Their 100^th meeting was held in in Denver at the State Capitol on June 5 and 6. Colorado’s representatives on the Forum are David Robbins, Becky Mitchell, and Pat Pfaltzgraff.  The Forum must be kept up to date on the very technical aspects of reducing salinity in the Colorado River. A major project component of this program – the Paradox Valley Unit - is located in Southwestern Colorado. This project annually removes about 100,000 tons of salt from the River.
The Forum is supported by a Work Group composed of technical representatives from the Basin States. They meet four to five times per year to track and coordinate the Control Program activities and keep lines of communication open among the States, federal agencies, and local organizations. The Water Congress was pleased to host the Work Group on June 3 and 4 in our new conference room that we share with the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority.

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POND COMMITTEE EVENT
 

Rockies vs. Padres Game - June 13, 2019

Happy hour starts at 4:30 pm and will include drinks, appetizers, and a speaker.
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Happy Hour Location: 10 Barrel Brewing, 2620 Walnut St, Denver, CO 80205
Speaker:  Brent Newman from the Colorado Water Conservation Board will be speaking on the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan

Guest ticket purchases welcome. Please provide requested details for all ticket purchases.

$30 - Game
$10 - Happy Hour
$40 - Game & Happy Hour

Find the details online at https://www.cowatercongress.org/pond.html

The Women in Water Scholarship Fund encourages young women to pursue fulfilling careers developing, managing and conserving water. This annual $5,000 scholarship is awarded to a woman pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in preparation for a career in any element of water resources, including water law, communications, community and government relations, or engineering.
 

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ASPINALL NOMINATIONS END JUNE 30, 2019!

This award, established in 1980, is presented to that person exemplifying the courage, dedication, knowledge and leadership qualities shown by Wayne N. Aspinall in the development, protection and preservation of the water of the State of Colorado. The award need not necessarily be an annual one. Nominees may be any person who best demonstrated the “Aspinall” characteristics of leadership. The Aspinall Award shall be unique and meaningful in keeping with the qualities of the man for which the award was named. The leadership contribution shall have been significant in terms of the development, protection or preservation of some or all of Colorado’s waters. Copies of each “Wayne N. Aspinall Water Leader of the Year” Award shall be prominently displayed in the CWC office and on the CWC website.

   

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John Molson founded Canada's oldest beer brewery on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Montreal. He wrote, “My beer has been universally well-liked beyond my most sanguine expectations.” In 1959, Molson Canadian was first brewed and today is one of Canada’s most iconic and best-selling brands.

Adolph Coors, a penniless brewer’s apprentice, stumbled on the perfect water in Clear Creek at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. 105 years later, Coors Light was born and would go on to be enjoyed by beer drinkers in over 25 countries worldwide.

Frederick J. Miller began his apprenticeships in brewing in adolescence and by 1849 was brewmaster to a prince in Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern. After immigrating to the US in 1854, he settled in Milwaukee then leased and later purchased the suburban Plank Road Brewery for $2,300. He brought a unique brewer’s yeast from Germany – its descendant yeast is still used in some of our beers.

 

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CIrca 2018:  We all got a great visit from then Governor John Hickenlooper, who spoke about Water Policy and plans at our Thursday Luncheon.  Here's a chance to revisit the gathering...



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The Women in Water Scholarship Fund encourages young women to pursue fulfilling careers developing, managing and conserving water. This annual $5,000 scholarship is awarded to a woman pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in preparation for a career in any element of water resources, including water law, communications, community and government relations, or engineering.
 

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the Water Resources Review Committee has launched their new meeting schedule! See the dates and times below:

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ASPINALL NOMINATIONS END JUNE 30, 2019!

This award, established in 1980, is presented to that person exemplifying the courage, dedication, knowledge and leadership qualities shown by Wayne N. Aspinall in the development, protection and preservation of the water of the State of Colorado. The award need not necessarily be an annual one. Nominees may be any person who best demonstrated the “Aspinall” characteristics of leadership. The Aspinall Award shall be unique and meaningful in keeping with the qualities of the man for which the award was named. The leadership contribution shall have been significant in terms of the development, protection or preservation of some or all of Colorado’s waters. Copies of each “Wayne N. Aspinall Water Leader of the Year” Award shall be prominently displayed in the CWC office and on the CWC website.

   

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Agriculture received the lion’s share of water from the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project this year, when an abundant water supply is expected to boost Arkansas River flows as well as imported water.
Allocations totaling 63,000 acre-feet were made by the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District board on Thursday (May 16), with 48,668 acre-feet going to agriculture, and 14,332 going to cities. The district is the agency responsible for management of the Fry-Ark Project, which is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
“This is a remarkable outcome for the Arkansas River basin, given the dry conditions we faced last year,” said Garrett Markus, water resources engineer for the district. “The conditions look favorable during the next three months, when rainfall should add to the abundant snowpack already in the mountains.”
Water users in nine counties benefit from the supplemental water provided by the Fry-Ark Project, ranging from large cities in Pueblo and El Paso counties to irrigation companies in the Lower Arkansas Valley. Fry-Ark Project water accounts for about 10 percent of flows in the Arkansas River annually.
While cities are entitled to more than 54 percent of project water, their accounts in Pueblo Reservoir are relatively full, freeing up additional water for agriculture. Municipal allocations include:
            Fountain Valley Authority, 7,353 acre-feet;
            Pueblo Water, 2,000 acre-feet;
            Cities west of Pueblo, 2,312 acre-feet;
            Cities east of Pueblo, 2,667 acre-feet.
In the event of changing conditions – a reduction of precipitation or rapid melt-off of snow – the District initially will release only 28,256 acre-feet of water to irrigation companies until final imports are certain, with the remainder delivered as soon as the expected total is reached. Municipal allocations would not be affected by a shortfall, because they are all below allocation limits.
Another 17,338 acre-feet of irrigation return flows were allocation, and 10,016 acre-feet will be initially released.
Reclamation estimates the project will yield 84,000 acre-feet this year, but deductions from that total are made for evaporation, transit loss and obligations to other water users reduce the amount of water available to allocate.
The Fry-Ark Project imports an average of about 56,000 acre-feet through its collection system in the Fryingpan River and Hunter Creek watersheds above Basalt. Water comes through the Boustead Tunnel into Turquoise Lake, through the Mount Elbert Power Plant at Twin Lakes and into terminal storage at Pueblo Reservoir.
Three-month projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict cooler and wetter than average conditions for eastern Colorado.

 

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Dedicated to the world’s most important resource, AWWA sets the standard for water knowledge, management and informed public policy. This year our Annual Conference, ACE19 will take place June 9-12 in Denver, Colorado. Learn, connect and be inspired to solve today’s global water challenges. Explore this year’s program and select sessions focused on asset management, utility risk and resilience and water quality challenges – along with the new smart water utility and potable reuse tracks. Be sure to take advantage of dedicated Exhibit Hall time to see cutting-edge products and services and meet new contacts. 





  
 

the Water Resources Review Committee has launched their new meeting schedule! See the dates and times below:

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ASPINALL NOMINATIONS END JUNE 30, 2019!

This award, established in 1980, is presented to that person exemplifying the courage, dedication, knowledge and leadership qualities shown by Wayne N. Aspinall in the development, protection and preservation of the water of the State of Colorado. The award need not necessarily be an annual one. Nominees may be any person who best demonstrated the “Aspinall” characteristics of leadership. The Aspinall Award shall be unique and meaningful in keeping with the qualities of the man for which the award was named. The leadership contribution shall have been significant in terms of the development, protection or preservation of some or all of Colorado’s waters. Copies of each “Wayne N. Aspinall Water Leader of the Year” Award shall be prominently displayed in the CWC office and on the CWC website.

   

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Dedicated to the world’s most important resource, AWWA sets the standard for water knowledge, management and informed public policy. This year our Annual Conference, ACE19 will take place June 9-12 in Denver, Colorado. Learn, connect and be inspired to solve today’s global water challenges. Explore this year’s program and select sessions focused on asset management, utility risk and resilience and water quality challenges – along with the new smart water utility and potable reuse tracks. Be sure to take advantage of dedicated Exhibit Hall time to see cutting-edge products and services and meet new contacts.