Montrose State of the River


Registration is now closed. We welcome you to watch the Free Live Stream. Check back on westslopewatersummit.com or westslopewaterinfo.com (this website) for streaming information on Thursday morning.
SummarySave November 13, 2025 on your calendar for the annual West Slope Water Summit. More details to follow as they become available. Date: November 13, 2025Time: 7:30am – 12:00pmCost: No cost to attend, but registration is requiredRegistration: Coming Soon!
The registration for the 2025 West Slope Water Summit has closed. The conference will be live streamed. Please check back at a later date for the link.
As seen in the Montrose Daily Press on November 11th, 2022 in article by Katharhynn Heidelberg. If Colorado’s legal/political position on the complex, century-old Colorado River Compact can be broken down into bite-sized chunks, it might look like this: The state and the other Upper Basin states have lived within the hydrology of the ever-drying…
From Shannon Mullane of the Colorado Sun: Western Slope communities, led by the Colorado River District, want to buy the historic Shoshone Power Plant water rights to support their economies. Front Range water providers worry their water supplies could be harmed. Read the full article on the Colorado Sun website.