Colorado Water Plan

In May of 2013, Colorado Governor John W. Hickenlooper directed the Colorado Water Conservation Board to commence work on the Colorado Water Plan. This plan offers a strategic vision for a productive economy that supports vibrant and sustainable cities, productive agriculture, a strong environment, and a robust recreation industry. It provides the strategies, policies, and actions by which Colorado can address its projected future water needs in a manner consistent with this vision. This plan will be accomplished through collaboration with basin roundtables, local governments, water providers, and other stakeholders. It represents a set of collaboratively developed policies and actions that all Coloradans and their elected officials can support and help implement.

In 2015, as part of a statewide initiative to develop Colorado’s Water Plan, the Colorado Basin Roundtable completed a Basin Implementation Plan to address water needs within the main-stem Colorado River basin in Colorado.