The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) represents each major water basin, Denver and other state agencies in our joint effort to use water wisely and protect our water for future generations. 

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Gov. Hickenlooper Orders Work to Begin on Colorado Water Plan Gov. John Hickenlooper directed the Colorado Water Conservation Board to begin work on a draft Colorado Water Plan that will support agriculture in rural Colorado and align state policy to the state’s water values.  More...

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Flood Threat Bulletin Is Active The CWCB offers daily flood threat forecasting services for the entire state from May 1 to September 30.  Graphical summaries of precipitation from the prior day are also made available daily.  Twice weekly, on Mondays and Thursdays, long range outlooks out to 15 days are provided.  Please visit the Flood Threat Bulletin at www.coloradofloodthreat.com or via the FloodDSS. You can also follow @FloodDSS on Twitter.  For questions, please contact Kevin Houck.

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CWCB Launches Website for Watering Restrictions The Colorado Water Conservation Board has launched a new website where residents across Colorado can quickly link to information about watering restrictions affecting their local community. The new website, www.COH2O.co, provides search features that allow visitors to quickly link to their water utility and learn of any local water restrictions that may be in place because of below-average precipitation and reservoir storage in many areas of Colorado. You can also follow CWCB's drought response on Twitter by following @CO_H2O.

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Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study Released The federal government and the seven Colorado River basin states have released the final results of the cooperative Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study.  This report evaluates the future reliability of the Colorado River system to meet increasing demands and outlines potential strategies for dealing with projected imbalances. More information can be found here.  In addition, the Colorado River Basin States have signed a set of commitments following the release of this Study, which are available here.

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Colorado Part of Historic Water Treaty with Mexico In a major show of cooperation between the United States and Mexico, representatives from the Colorado River Basin States, the United States governmnet, and the government of Mexico signed a historic agreement that firthers the commitments of both countries to the 1944 Water Treaty between the U.S. and Mexico, while recognizing that increasing water demands on the Colorado River will require creativity and flexibility. The CWCB press release can be found here, and the text of Minute 319 can be found here.

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Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project
The CWCB is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a coalition of local interests to investigate the conversion of existing storage space in the reservoir for joint-use water supply purposes.

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