The CWWCA membership has voted to support the NGWA's position on Hydraulic Fracturing as stated in the position paper that I posted above.

Denver Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper Tuesday (June 22) called on oil and gas companies to disclose the chemical formulas being used in hydraulic fracturing.

Colorado's Diana DeGette has proposed a Hydrofracturing amendment to a Safe Drinking Water Act bill that did not properly differentiate between oil/gas well and water well fracking. 
NGWA's position paper on the topic can be found here:
http://www.cwwca.org/bin/files/HydrofrackingPosition%20Paper2010.pdf

Link to power point presentation on the topic:
http://cwwca.org/bin/files/Water_Well_Construction_Rules_Overview_and_Combined_Action.pdf

Per a request, here is the link to the news article that links documents from the Rules Task Force.

http://cwwca.org/newsarticle.php?article=20081230---Daniel%20O.%20Niemela---Water%20Well%20Construction%20Rules

March 31st, 2010 is the deadline for submitting your application for the 2010 Buck Lively CWWCA Scholarship. 

http://www.cwwca.org/page.php?page=Scholarships

Apply today, applicants with complete application packets are very likely to receive the scholarship award.

As of today my wife, Kate, has received over $800 in Raffle prize donations.  Things like tickets to the Colorado Crush, the Colorado Rockies, and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.  Gift Certificates for the NGWA.  Several Carhartt products, and bunch more cool things.  I'll post a list right before the convention.

The 2009 Buck Lively Scholarship Applications are online.  Click the education tab on the left toolbar and follow the scholarship links.

Hi, I'm still looking for more people to help collect donations of products for the Scholarship Raffle to be held at the Annual in 2009.  It doesn't take any effort, just drop off a letter and a certificate at your local businesses that you already are visiting.  You could follow up with another visit or phone call if you want. 

If you would like to modify the letter please discuss it with me first, unless you just want to change the date or something.  The certificate shows that we are currently registered with the Secretary of State as a non-profit corporation.  I don't have anything official that shows that the CWWCA is a 501(c)6 non-profit corporation.

Please call or email me with a list of businesses/contacts where you have dropped off letters to help me track the progress.  You can email me at jfegel@mcleodusa.net or call me at home at 970-622-0629 or on my cell at 970-227-6195.

Here are links to the two documents:
Click here for Sample Solicitation Letter
Click here for Certificate

With your help I hope to make our second raffle even more successful then last year  .

Thanks,
Kate Fegel, Raffle Coordinator

Good to see this up and running.  Hopefully this will be a great resource for discussions about upcoming issues.