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a <br />n <br />Agencies Collaborate to Offer Free Technical Workshops, <br />Forums to Promote Water Conservation and Efficiency <br />DENVER —Great Western Institute, <br />together with the Colorado WaterWise <br />Council and Western Resource <br />Advocates, are conducting technical <br />workshops and forums promoting water <br />conservation and water use efficiency. A <br />water efficiency grant from the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board makes the <br />summer workshops possible. <br />The programs are intended for <br />water utility managers; elected and <br />appointed officials, water resource <br />managers, special districts and home <br />owners association directors, consul- <br />tants, Statewide Water Supply Initiative <br />and Interbasin Basin Roundtable mem- <br />bers, as well as anyone with a strong <br />interest in water conservation. <br />Great Western Institute is a Highlands <br />Ranch based nonprofit. Its mission is <br />to promote water resource conservation <br />through education, research and policy. <br />The Colorado WaterWise Council is a <br />professional organization whose goal is <br />to promote the efficient use of Colorado's <br />water. Western Resource Advocates, <br />based in Boulder, has worked to pro- <br />tect and restore the land, air and water <br />resources of the Rocky Mountain states. <br />Dates and Places: <br />Alamosa —July 10 -11, Adams <br />State College <br />Gunnison —July 24- 25, Western State <br />College of Colorado <br />Glenwood Springs —Aug. 7 -8, <br />Glenwood Springs <br />Community Center <br />The two -day sessions are free. Topics <br />include: <br />• Nine steps for water conserva- <br />tion planning; <br />• Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board Water Conservation <br />Planning and Guidance docu- <br />ments; <br />• A review of the CWCB grant <br />programs; and <br />• Presentations by regional <br />researchers and practitioners <br />about the dollars and sense of <br />water conservation. <br />For details or to participate, contact <br />Tracy Bouvette at the Great Western <br />Institute 303 - 355 -4057 or tacy @great- <br />western i nstitute.org <br />Sharing Water Quality Data — It Can Really Happen <br />DENVER — Imagine needing data on a river and having one loca- <br />tion to get what you need. Imagine expanding effectiveness <br />because your data is available to many more decision makers. <br />The Colorado Water Quality Monitoring Council is making it <br />happen with its Data Sharing Network Project which kicked off <br />this spring. The comprehensive project aims to provide a one - <br />stop source for watershed data of all kinds, including: <br />• Aquatic ecosystem, chemical, physical habitat or bio- <br />logical data for watershed management, planning or <br />resource decision making; <br />• Access to other data or as a mechanism for others to <br />access your data; or <br />• An avenue for reporting your data to the EPAs <br />STORET database. <br />The council's goal is to become a statewide water quality <br />monitoring and assessment voice for each participant in the net- <br />work. Training sessions on how to organize data and employ the <br />data sharing system are being planned in 12 cities statewide over <br />the next few years. <br />The council will also host "data swaps" with monitoring <br />groups in your watershed. They will be scheduled statewide <br />to coincide with the Colorado Department of Public Health and <br />Environment's Triennial Basin Review Schedule — starting with the <br />upper and lower Colorado River Basin in fall 2006. <br />To learn more about the project, or find out when Water <br />Quality Monitoring Council representatives will be in your area, <br />call 970-382-6667. <br />HEADWATERS I SUMMER 2006 <br />3 <br />