The Western Urban Water Coalition (WUWC) was founded in 1992 at a time when the West was facing rapidly growing populations in most of its major cities and increasing demand on finite water supplies, as well as a number of environmental challenges. The leaders of several western water agencies formed WUWC to create an organization of the West’s major water agencies that would speak from the perspective of the large and fast growing urban areas.

WUWC’s 21 members include:

ALBUQUERQUE BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY

AURORA WATER

CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT

CITY OF BOISE

CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER

CITY OF PHOENIX

COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES

DENVER WATER

EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

EASTERN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT

LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SALT LAKE CITY PUBLIC UTILITIES

SALT RIVER PROJECT

SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES

SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY

TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY

VALLEY WATER (SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT)

WASHINGTON COUNTY WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT