Colorado snowpack, after a dry January, is near normal in north — and dismal in some places
A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.
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The Colorado River is salty. But where does salinity come from, and what’s being done about it?
Kanzer gave the example of a high-precipitation year. The vast majority of the Colorado River basin’s water supply comes from ...
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Can planes and laser beams help Colorado better understand its water supply?
Amid mounting challenges to Colorado’s water supply, lawmakers are seeking to upgrade the decades-old method of tracking the ...
Water runoff will be low due to lower snowpack
STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE LOW SNOWPACK WILL LEAD TO A VERY LOW SPRING RUNOFF. THIS MEANS LAKES AND RIVERS STATEWIDE WON’T GET THE BOOST OF WATER THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE. THE GROUP IN CHARGE OF RESERVOIRS ...
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Colorado River District to provide updates on top water challenges, priorities this spring
This spring, the Colorado River District will be hitting 11 communities in western Colorado to discuss water issues facing ...
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Long-Lead Forecasting of Runoff Season Flows in the Colorado River Basin Using a Random Forest Approach
There is an increasing need for skillful runoff season (i.e., spring) streamflow forecasts that extend beyond a 12-month lead time for water resources management, especially under multiyear droughts ...
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Least snowpack in Colorado history possible in mountains this month
This month, Colorado has only managed to accumulate 0.7 inches of SWE in the mountain snowpack through ... possibly reducing the amount of water that will runoff into streams and reservoirs.
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With lackluster snowpack and warm week, spring runoff outlook 'pretty bleak'
The Colorado ... water. It was a wet summer, Bellomy said, and the reservoir is still about a quarter full. But he’s not certain what the situation will look like next year. “The runoff ...