Colorado Water June 2005

• Year: 2005
• Title: Colorado Water
• Author: Water Center of Colorado State University
• Description: JUNE 2005 Issue
• Publications - Doc Type: Newsletter

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Colorado Water Supply and Sustainability
On April 15, 2005, over 140 people gathered at the Mount Vernon Country Club for the 2005 annual symposium
of the Colorado Section of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA). The symposium focused on
the objectives and findings of the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) and the challenges facing Colorado in
striving to develop a sustainable water supply for all water users. Chris Sanchez, President of the Colorado Section
of AWRA, welcomed the attendees and introduced the keynote speaker,
Justice Greg Hobbs. Justice Hobbs noted that Colorado is entering an era
of limits and markets and wondered if Colorado is ready for the change.
Panels discussed balancing limited water resources among competing uses;
in pursuit of innovation solutions; providing a sustainable water supply for
the south Denver metro area; future water project potential; and reactions
to SWSI findings. At the end of the day, there seemed to be widespread
pt agreement that limited money makes it harder to address the problems of
limited water in semi -arid Colorado.
Counterclockwise from top: Lyn Kathlene (Colorado Institute for
Public Policy, CSU) and Andy Pineda (Northern Colorado Water
Conservation District) relax for a moment before the next session
starts.
Don Ament (Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture) and Rick Brown
(Colorado Water Conservation District) take a break.
T. Wright Dickinson (Yampa SWSI Roundtable Representative)
speaks while (left to right) David Nickum (Colorado Trout Unlim-
ited), Frank Jaeger (Parker Water and Sanitation District) and Rick
Brown (Colorado Water Conservation Board) await their turns
during the roundtable on "Reactions to the Statewide Water Supply
wai.ttsi - Index."
The house is packed for the Ameri-
can Water Research Association
Colorado Section annual meeting.
Lyn Kathlene (CIPP, CSU) meets
up with Tom Cech (Central Colora-
do Water Conservancy Distrcit) on
a tour of the posters.
Justic Greg Hobbs
and Julie McKenna
(Brandebeery-McK-
enna Public Affairs)
discuss the sustain -
ability from a legal
perspective.