Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 19 minutes ago
Western Water Assessment (WWA) is an applied research program that works directly with communities, water managers, hazard planners, and other partners in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming to help them make the best use of science to prepare for hazards like drought, wildfire, and flooding.
In this video, Taylor Winchell from Denver Water highlights their decades-long partnership with WWA, and how WWA has helped shape Denver Water’s long-term planning and resilience strategies. Serving 1.5 million people in the Denver metro area, Denver Water relies on WWA’s scientific expertise to incorporate environmental conditions into future water supply planning. He emphasizes the significance of WWA's Colorado River State of the Science report as a cornerstone for understanding and managing a river that supports 40 million people across the western U.S. Taylor states that without WWA, Denver Water and the broader resource management community would lose access to critical tools, data, assessments, and collaborative support that make informed decision-making possible in the region. This continued partnership exemplifies the importance of connecting scientific research with real-world resource management.
Learn more at wwa.colorado.edu.
Western Water Assessment (WWA) is an applied research program that works directly with communities, water managers, hazard planners, and other partners in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming to help them make the best use of science to prepare for hazards like drought, wildfire, and flooding.
In this video, Taylor Winchell from Denver Water highlights their decades-long partnership with WWA, and how WWA has helped shape Denver Water’s long-term planning and resilience strategies. Serving 1.5 million people in the Denver metro area, Denver Water relies on WWA’s scientific expertise to incorporate environmental conditions into future water supply planning. He emphasizes the significance of WWA's Colorado River State of the Science report as a cornerstone for understanding and managing a river that supports 40 million people across the western U.S. Taylor states that without WWA, Denver Water and the broader resource management community would lose access to critical tools, data, assessments, and collaborative support that make informed decision-making possible in the region. This continued partnership exemplifies the importance of connecting scientific research with real-world resource management.
Learn more at wwa.colorado.edu.
