Colorado Water
The January 1st snowpack is OK but not enough to quell the fears of a continued drought, according to the Rocky Mountain News [December 31, 2004, "Snows are packing promise, perplexity"]. From the article, "The storm and others like it have boosted Colorado's statewide snowpack to 96 percent of average - 106 percent of where it stood at this time last year...Front Range residents rely on three major mountain river basins for their water supplies: the Colorado, South Platte and Arkansas. All three basins are showing some improvement over last year, but only one, the Arkansas, has seen above-average snows to date. It stands at 107 percent of average, while the Colorado River Basin registered just 90 percent of average and the South Platte 92 percent, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service...Basin Percent of avg. Percent vs. 2003: Gunnison 116 106; Colorado 90 102; South Platte 92 143; North Platte 95 98; Yampa and White 88 79; Arkansas 107 154; Rio Grande 106 116; San Miguel, San Juan, Dolores, Animas 110 117; Statewide 96 106."
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