Stewarding our Water
The St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District, founded in 1971, is your trusted local government working to safeguard water supplies for all. We protect local water rights, encourage improved water management and support the development of additional water storage for shared community benefits.
Passage Playbook
Check out our guide for working on multi-benefit projects that include ditch diversions and fish passage.
Partner Funding
Need funding support for a project that protects local water rights, improves water management, or add water storage?
Water Data
Dashboard
Explore our interactive portal that compiles water data from across the basin in realtime.
Current District Announcements
Board Director Vacancy
St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District Seeks Qualified Candidate to Fill Vacancy on the Board of Directors in District 2.
The District is in the news!
Check out media links below for some of the most recent press on District projects.
How a cellphone is helping water finally get to South St. Vrain Creek
The Colorado Sun
It’s been over a century since water flowed in certain parts of South St. Vrain Creek. Here’s how water managers, a cell tower and some not-new technology may have solved a very old situation.
Front Range water district taps millions in new cash to transform mountain watersheds, farms, streams
Water Education Colorado
On the hillsides that rise above James Creek in Jamestown, Colorado, west of Boulder, the yards of mountain homes and the forests that surround them are dotted with trees decorated with pink and blue ribbons.
1st cloud seeding site in Front Range launches in Boulder County
FOX 31 Denver
Colorado has been working with Mother Nature to squeeze a bit more snow out of the clouds since the ’70s. Now, cloud seeding is being put to the test for the first time on the Front Range with a new state-approved site in Boulder County.
ST. VRAIN & LEFT HAND WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
1715 Iron Horse Drive, Suite 250
Longmont, CO 80501
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 303-772-4060
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