Lake Mead: Colorado Snowpack Adds to Water Woes
Latest estimates place the Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack at just 83 percent of the historic median for this time of ...
Snowpack in the Rockies is lagging well below average. Colorado River forecasters still see hope on the horizon.
The Colorado River relies heavily on snowpack in the Upper Basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — that melts ...
New snowpack numbers show Colorado is in need of more snowstorms
Our weekly statewide snowpack numbers are out and they don't look good for southwestern areas of Colorado. Of the eight main ...
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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 ...
KTNV Las Vegas7d
Upper Colorado Basin Snowpack falls behind: Your February Water Status Check
As of early February, the snow storage for our water system in the Southwest is at 76% of the 30 year average. Meanwhile, Tier 3 Extreme Drought persists in Southern Nevada.
Summit County4d
With two months until snow levels typically peak in Colorado, Summit County is defying the below-normal trend across the state
While a recent warm spell brought record-tying high temperatures to areas of the state this week, Summit County’s snowpack is ...
Vail Daily5d
The Colorado River is salty. But where does salinity come from, and what’s being done about it?
Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal5d
Is Lake Mead in peril? Snowpack declines in the West, worrying some
In the Upper Colorado River Basin, where the majority of the flow into Lake Mead originates, snowpack sits at 85 percent of the historic median — a noticeable decline from January numbers that ...
Lake Powell: Water Flows To Drop 24% Below Normal Say Forecasters
A rocky start to the year has put water flows through America's second-largest reservoir on track to decline, unless ...
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New snowpack are out, and the numbers show Colorado is in need of more snowstorms
Our weekly statewide snowpack numbers are out and they don't look good for southwestern areas of Colorado. Of the eight main river basins across Colorado, seven of them are below normal with the ...
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Can planes and laser beams help Colorado better understand its water supply?
According to a May 2024 article from Colorado State University, nearly every long-term snowpack monitoring site ... water contributions to the lower river basin states, Roper said.