Webinars & Talks

December 16, 2025  

Colorado communities are testing new ways to store water in aquifers as part of a sustainable water portfolio that makes use of groundwater. Join us on Dec. 16, 2025 from 12-1:30 p.m. to learn about aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) projects and pilots in Colorado, including Greeley’s new Terry Ranch Project, Castle Rock Water’s investigation into ASR to build up its sustainable water supply, and more. We’ll also hear about efforts and upcoming legislation that the Colorado Department of Natural Resources supports as the state seeks primacy from the EPA to create a state-level program to regulate underground injection wells, including ASR wells and projects. 

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With speakers:

Kevin Donegan, Colorado Division of Water Resources, Hydrogeology Section Chief
Courtney Hemenway, Hemenway Groundwater Engineering, PE, President
Lauren Moore, Castle Rock Water, Water Resources Manager
Aaron Ray, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Director of Policy
Mike Rigby, Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC), Energy Transition Senior Scientist
Matt Sparacino, Greeley Water, Water Resource Planning and Watershed Program Manager

Aired May 28, 2025 

Explore how Colorado’s water market is shifting. We cover how water rights are bought, sold and traded for different uses; the legal structure that allows for Colorado’s water market; how prices have changed over time; how farmers, cities, environmental interests and others are navigating a shifting water market; and we’ll hear various perspectives on the opportunities and challenges with Colorado’s market.

With speakers:

James Eklund, Taft
Adam Jokerst, WestWater Research
Kate Ryan, Colorado Water Trust
Pat Wells, Northern Water

Aired April 17, 2025 

Get the inside scoop from Jerd Smith, Editor of Fresh Water News, and Shannon Mullane, Colorado River reporter for The Colorado Sun, as they break down the stories shaping water conversations in the West.

Aired February 11, 2025 

This webinar focuses on produced water. We cover some basics about water in the oil and gas industry, learn about new rules focused on reusing that water (which are expected to be adopted in early 2025) — and the negotiations that have surrounded them, hear about the Colorado Produced Water Consortium, and explore opportunities and challenges as the industry and environmentalists look at what it means to stretch freshwater use and to reuse more water. 

With speakers:

Harmony Cummings, the Green House Connection Center

Hope Dalton, Colorado Produced Water Consortium

Josh Kuhn, Conservation Colorado

John Messner, Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission

Grant Tupper, Select Water Solutions

Aired February 21, 2024 

The One Water movement promises to make communities more resilient and livable with wide-ranging goals. But what really is One Water and what is it not? How does a community adopt a One Water approach and what can they learn from existing One Water work? During this webinar we seek to better define One Water and hear from those who are putting One Water principles to the test in Denver and Aspen. 

With speakers:
Mazdak Arabi, One Water Solutions Institute
Steve Hunter, City of Aspen
Dave Jula, City and County of Denver
John Rehring, Carollo Engineers