Colorado River Task Force Focuses First Meeting on Hopes, Concerns about Fast-Paced Process

/in , , /by /The Colorado Sunby Shannon Mullane

Members of the Colorado River Drought Task Force met for the first time Monday to lay the groundwork for five months of water supply problem-solving. The Colorado General Assembly passed legislation in May to create the interim task force, which will study and recommend ways state lawmakers can address Colorado River water scarcity in the future. As the members head into those discussions, several of them said one of their main priorities is to condense diverse and at times conflicting perspectives into a unified message for lawmakers.

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