2025 Annual Convention - Registration Now Open!
Early Bird Registration Open Until December 31st!
The 2025 Colorado Water Congress Annual Convention, themed "A Gathering of Water Minds," is a premier event bringing together key players from across the state's water industry. Featuring expert panels, interactive discussions, and space to connect with peers, the convention serves as a collaborative platform for CWC’s diverse membership. Attendees will explore the latest developments in water management, conservation, and sustainability, sharing insights to shape Colorado’s water future. With a focus on innovation and problem-solving, the event fosters meaningful dialogue aimed at tackling the state's most pressing water challenges.
Members: On the registration page, enter your email address and click Go. The system will automatically locate you by your email (please be sure to use the email where you receive our member update emails).
Exhibitors: Please use the separate registration button link to sign up. Through the exhibitor link, you can also register others and choose to sponsor. Your registration includes one complimentary registration and a space to include an exhibit booth attendant who will not be attending the Annual Convention.
Sponsors: You can sign up as a sponsor during your registration through the Annual Convention Registration button link. If you would also like to exhibit, sign up with the exhibitor registration button link.
We look forward to seeing you all January 29-31, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center!
2024 Legal Ethics Workshop - Registration Now Open!
Water lawyers, join the Colorado Water Congress for our annual Legal Ethics Workshop! This year, we are excited to co-sponsor the event with the Water Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association.
When: November 20, 2024
Where: 1580 Logan St, Suite 810, Denver, CO, 80203 or Virtually via Zoom
Cost: $125 for CWC Members and $150 for Non-Members
There will be lunch and snack included! Members be sure to enter your email to receive member pricing!
2025 Career Accelerator Applications Now Being Accepted - Deadline to Apply November 18!
The Colorado Water Congress (CWC) is excited to announce the CWC Career Accelerator Award, a 1-year program intended to promote equity and diversity in the water sector. The award provides funding for awardee attendance at CWC’s two main annual events, as well as mentorship opportunities within the CWC community. Applications for 2025 are due November 18, 2024.
NWRA looks forward to seeing you this fall in the heart of downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico for their premier water industry Annual Conference and Leadership Forum.
Women in Water Scholarship Fund
The Women in Water Scholarship Fund encourages young women to pursue fulfilling careers developing, managing and conserving water. This annual scholarship has been increased to $7,500 annually by the WIW Board of Directors. It is awarded to a woman pursuing an undergraduate degree in preparation for a career in any element of water resources, including water law, communications, community and government relations, or engineering.
Colorado Water Center's 2024 Norm Evans Lecture Series Feature Pat Mulroy
Please join the Colorado Water Center for the 2024 Norm Evans Lecture featuring distinguished speaker, Pat Mulroy, formerly the General Manager of the Southern Nevada Water Supply Authority. Drawing on her more than 30 years of leadership on water issues in the Western US, Mulroy’s talk will address: “Can the Colorado River Community Meet the Challenge – The Collision of Law and Climate Change.” The event is Nov. 13, 5:00-7:00pm at CSU Spur in Denver. A free charter bus for CSU employees and students will be going from CSU Fort Collins campus to CSU Spur and back. To learn more, register, and sign up for the bus, click here.
Please help us spread the word to others in the CSU water community, and we hope to see you there!
Note that this event is being held in conjunction with the Water in the West Symposium, Nov. 14 at CSU Spur (separate registration required).
Who We Are
The Colorado Water Congress is a unifying membership association of Colorado’s water community established to provide opportunities for Colorado water professionals to use, improve and enhance their knowledge, talents, skills, and energies to discuss and address the many and varied challenges associated with the best management of the State’s water resources.
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of Colorado's Water Community
Through member forums and committees, the Colorado Water Congress provides strong leadership and thoughtful action to serve Colorado’s needs to manage, protect, conserve, and develop our most valuable natural resource. We host year-round events ranging in size from the state’s preeminent water industry convention to more intimate local events. All our events engender collaboration, networking, and professional development.
The Colorado Water Congress serves as the leading voice of our state’s water community, shaping beneficial regulations and legislation. As a membership and advocacy organization, we provide an open forum for members to share information, form positions, and provide leadership on key water resource issues for the state’s water community. Directed by the work of our Committees, the Colorado Water Congress advocates on behalf of our members to state and national policy makers.