Sidebar by Ed Quillen
Water Conservancy Districts – April 2001 – Colorado Central Magazine
Water Conservancy Districts in and near Central Colorado and the San Luis Valley
Conejos Water Conservancy District
[Rio Grande basin; Conejos County; organized in 1940]
318 Main St., Manassa, Colo. 81141
719-843-5261
Costilla County Conservancy District
[Rio Grande; Costilla; 1975]
P.O. Box 42, San Luis, Colo. 81152
719-672-0140
Huerfano County Water Conservancy District
[Arkansas; Huerfano; 1969]
19 Gray’s Peak Road, Walsenburg, Colo. 81089
719-738-3429
San Luis Valley Conservancy District
[Rio Grande; Alamosa, Rio Grande, Saguache; 1949]
P.O. Box 729, Monte Vista, Colo. 81144
719-852-2315
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
[Arkansas; Bent, Chaffee, Crowley, El Paso, Frémont, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo; 1958]
905 Highway 50 West
P.O. Box 440, Pueblo, Colo. 81002
719-544-2040
Tri-County Water Conservancy District
[Colorado; Delta, Montrose, Ouray; 1957]
647 North 7th
P.O. Box 347, Montrose, Colo. 81402
970-249-3369
Trinchera Water Conservancy District
[Rio Grande; Costilla; 1975]
P.O. Box 41, Blanca, Colo. 81123
719-379-3467
Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District
[Arkansas; Chaffee, Custer, Frémont; 1979]
P.O. Box 1090, Salida, Colo. 81201
719-539-5429
Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District
[Colorado; Gunnison, Saguache, Hinsdale; 1959]
275 South Spruce. Gunnison, Colo. 81230
970-641-6065
Upper South Platte Water Conservancy District
[Missouri; Clear Creek, Douglas, Jefferson, Park, Teller; 1955]
P.O. Box 612, Fairplay, Colo. 80440
719-836-9848
State law requires that each district “shall maintain, for public inspection at its offices during normal hours, a current list showing the names, counties of residence, and expiration dates of the terms of each member of the district’s board of directors.”
It should be noted that the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District has its offices in Greeley, a long ways from Central Colorado.
Sources: Colorado Department of Local Affairs, CWR Consulting of Longmont, Colorado Water Resources Research Institute at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, and various telephone directories.
