Managing The States’ Water Resources

Save the Date:

The 2025 Fall Meeting is scheduled for October 5 – 8, in Ouray, Colorado.

Framework Agenda: For your planning purposes in terms of booking flights, the conference agenda will be similar to recent years and generally include the following:

  • Sunday, Oct. 5 – Evening Meet and Greet
  • Monday, Oct. 6 – Breakfast with Guests and State Updates All Day
  • Tuesday, Oct. 7 – Breakfast with Guests, State Updates in the morning and Tour with Guests in the afternoon
  • Wednesday, Oct. 8 – Breakfast with guests, State Updates and Business Meeting in the morning before noon

More information on the specific schedule will be sent with the registration form for the conference, which will be sent out once the details of the tour and other items are nailed down.

Hotel Booking: AWSE Booking Link – We have selected a hotel block at the Twin Peaks Lodge, which is a few blocks from the Ouray Conference and Convention Center Massard Room where the meeting will be held. The Twin Peaks Hotel has offered AWSE a rate of $140, which is a great price for fall in Ouray. As an FYI, at checkout the taxes and fee will include a $40 per night resort fee, which covers breakfast at the hotel and admittance to the Ouray Hot Springs. In order to book the rooms at this rate you need to use the AWSE Booking Link because you cannot book this rate by calling the hotel directly. The deadline for booking a room in the AWSE block is August 6, 2025.

Airport: Montrose Regional Airport

About Ouray: Ouray is the “Outdoor Recreation Capitol of Colorado,” centrally located in Southwest Colorado. Ouray is the perfect basecamp for your explorations, offering a treasure trove of unique experiences all year long. Ouray is a high alpine community sitting at 7,800 feet in elevation. Set in a geographic bowl formed by rugged and steep mountainsides that lead up to jagged 12,000 to 13,000-foot-high peaks with several creeks cascading down through valleys and canyons into the city. Guests to our community come from all over the world to experience Ouray in its entirety. Whether that be soaking in the Ouray Hot Springs, hiking our trails, learning about the history of the Ute Indians and a miner’s life, shopping on our unique Main Street, or seeing our 3 W’s: wildlife, wildflowers, and waterfalls.

The Association of Western State Engineers (AWSE) was formed in 1928 and has been continuously active through present day.

AWSE members are state engineers or other officials charged with administration of the laws governing appropriation, distribution or control of the water resources of each state.

The Association’s purposes as expressed in its constitution are as follows:

  • To formulate broad principles applicable to all those states for the development, use, control, and regulation of the waters thereof.
  • To assist one another in the solution of individual problems through the exchange of ideas and experiences.
  • To cooperate in preserving the states’ inherent right to develop, use, control, and distribute the water thereof and to facilitate resolution of interstate water problems.
  • To enhance the beneficial and efficient use of water by encouraging the improvement and perfection of the laws relating thereto and by other proper means.
  • To circulate among members such information as may be helpful in the discharge of their official duties.