Each fall the Colorado Water Center offers an interdisciplinary seminar series emphasizing issues important to the water resources community. Content relates to a preselected theme each semester and features prominent speakers from around the region. Students who have enrolled in GRAD592 in the past may also enroll in this offering.
All interested faculty, students, and off-campus guests are welcome to attend.
CRN: 69155
Credit Hours: 1
Schedule: Tuesdays 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual and in person at Natural Resources Building Room 109
Course Instructor:
Karen Schlatter | Associate Director
Colorado Water Center
Karen.Schlatter@colostate.edu
Description: The South Platte River – Colorado’s Lifeblood
From the heart of Denver to the heartlands of the eastern plains, the South Platte River sustains Colorado’s people, economies, and environment. Explore the complexities of one of Colorado’s hardest working rivers.
Note: August 22 will be an introductory class for registered students. Presentations open to the public will begin August 29.
Introduction 08/22/2023 • Karen Schlatter, Associate Director, CoWC Download Presentation Overview of the South Platte River Basin 08/29/2023 • Karen Schlatter, Associate Director, CoWC Download Presentation Suggested Readings and Seminar Links: Video: The South Platte: A River Shaped
Introduction and Preview 08/22/2022 • Jennifer Gimbel, CoWC Download Required Readings and Seminar Links: Reading: Colorado River Paper Seminar Recording Week 1 Law of the Colorado River 08/29/2022 • Jennifer Gimbel, CoWC Download Required Readings and Seminar Links:
Introduction to Western Water Law and Sustainability 08/23/2021 • Jennifer Gimbel, Interim Director, CoWC Download Required Readings and Seminar Links: Human Evolution Led to an Extreme Thirst for Water Definition of Sustainability Seminar Recording Week 1 Federal, State, and International
Click to Enlarge Western Water Law 08/24/2020 • Jennifer Gimbel, Colorado Water Center Required Readings and Seminar Links: Citizen’s Guide to Colorado Water Law, Week 1 Audio, Week 1 PowerPoint Click to Enlarge State Water Institutions & Policy 08/31/2020 •
The Fall 2019 seminar series explored the law, governance, and management of transboundary water resources, including water law throughout the West and especially Colorado. Topics included interstate agreements, decrees governing water distribution, and interstate groundwater issues, with a national water
The Fall 2018 seminar series included topics of history and evolution, administration, water court, inter/intrastate compacts, key cases and statutes, water quality, environmental law, and groundwater. Download the 2018 Syllabus
