Colorado Water
April 1st is the big day for snowpack measurements along the Front Range and across Colorado. Here's a article about the current snowpack from the Rocky Mountain News [April 2, 2005, "Snowpack signaling light at end of drought's tunnel"]. From the article, "Friday, the statewide mountain snowpack registered 107 percent of average, more than twice as deep as the 52 percent mark recorded in April 2002, the most extreme year of the drought, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service...Eight major river basins make up the state's watershed. Those in the southwest continue to see spectacular snowpacks, with the San Juan basin at 138 percent of average and the Rio Grande at 140 percent of average. But the South Platte river basin, which supplies about half of metro Denver's water, was the driest in the state, registering 84 percent of average. Metro Denver's other major supplier, the Colorado River basin, was 90 percent of average."
Meanwhile, "Colorado Springs will allow lawn watering two days per week this summer; Aurora will vote on a three-day plan April 11, and Denver will debate watering restrictions April 13."
Coyote Gulch would like to remind all three utilities that they need to focus on what's right, conservation, not revenue shortfalls.
Here's a look at the numbers: Gunnison 127; Upper Colorado 98; South Platte 84; North Platte 86; Yampa/ White 86; Arkansas 112; Upper Rio Grande 140; San Juan 138; Statewide 107.
Link to the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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