Think of Robert R. âBobâ Crifasi as a kind of Zelig or Forrest Gump when it comes to water in Boulder, Denver and northern Coloradoâhe spent a quarter century getting his hands wet, both literally and figuratively, in countless ways. Crifasi, who earned bachelorâs degrees in geology and chemistry and masterâs degrees in geology and environmental science from CU-Boulder, has served on the boards ofâand often, pitchforked weeds, trash and the occasional dead skunk forâ11 Boulder County ditch companies.