Colorado Water
 Watering restrictions are likely once again this summer, according to the Denver Post [March 5, 2004, "With snow low, forecast arid, Denver to limit water use again"]. From the article, "Outdoor watering restrictions this summer are almost inevitable because not enough snow fell during winter and there's little on the way, weather experts and water management officials said Thursday...For the past three years, Colorado has been locked in one of the worst droughts on record, with 2002 going down as the driest in the region in almost 400 years, scientists have determined. In 2002, a dry winter preceded an abnormally warm spring with stout breezes that evaporated much of the scant snow before it could reach reservoirs. Last year, Denver Water customers started the summer with twice-weekly lawn watering restrictions and surcharges on their bills. However, as reservoirs began filling, the utility's board dropped the surcharges and gave customers a third day of watering. However, without a snowy March, this year would be the seventh in a row for Colorado's April 1 snow accumulation to be below average."
For you numbers junkies check out the Natural Resources Conservation Service basin maps and precipitation graphs.
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