Rebecca Mitchell, Colorado’s Upper Colorado River Commissioner, spoke to a sold-out crowd at the Colorado Water Congress’s Annual Convention in Aurora, CO this week. She shared an update on the state’s negotiation positioning, and the reality of difficult roads ahead, as the states and Tribal Nations work to find sustainable solutions for 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River in the arid southwest.
Rebecca Mitchell, Colorado’s Upper Colorado River Commissioner
Colorado Water Congress Speech
Jan. 31, 2024
Change is coming – and because it is, I can’t emphasize enough how much the Post-2026 negotiations matter.
Whether you are in the Upper Basin, Lower Basin, Mexico, or a member of one of the 30 Tribal Nations, we all deserve a future with certainty and security in our water supply without that being jeopardized by constant crisis management. We all deserve a future where we can live within the means of the river, without the risk of overuse or misuse driving us into crisis.
The Basin cannot continue to use water at a rate that is unsustainable.
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