WASHINGTON – Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman named Brent C Esplin director of the Upper Colorado Region. Esplin has more than 20 years of Reclamation experience. He will officially assume his duties as regional director on July 21, 2019. “Brent has been a key leader in western water and power for more than two decades,” said Commissioner Burman. “That experience will be crucial in the Upper Colorado Region as we wrestle with complex issues like ongoing drought and develop innovative approaches to secure and protect life-sustaining water resources.” As regional director for Upper Colorado, Esplin will lead more than…

Bullhead City – The Bullhead City Council voted unanimously July 16, to ask voters to decide whether the city should issue debt to acquire EPCOR’s water system. The move follows many months of complaints from Bullhead City residents about EPCOR’s rate increases and which resulted in the city’s intervention into EPCOR’s recent rate increase case before the Arizona Corporation Commission. In March 2019, the city launched a thorough investigation to determine the value of EPCOR’s water system. The city’s consultants visited the EPCOR facilities and water infrastructure, went through extensive publicly available records about EPCOR and determined the estimated market…