SWSIReportJan2004

• Title: Colorado Water Supply Conditions Report
• Date: 1/21/2004
• Description: Presentation
• Basin: Statewide
• Drought Mitigation - Doc Type: Presentation

COLORADO BASIN

Basinwide CondltJons Assessment
The S\fv'S1 value of -1.1 indicates that for December
the basin water supplies were slightly below normal. The
Natural Resources Conservation Service reports that
January 1 snowpack is 91% of normal. Flow at the gagmg
station Colorado RIVer near Dotsero was 805 ds. as
compared to the long-term average of 1.068 cfs Storage In
Green Mountain. Ruedl, and Williams Fork reservoirs totaled
89% of normal as of the end of December
Colorado River basin snowpack m early January of
2004 approaches histone average snowpack but there are
vanations throughout the basin. Summit and Grand
Counties are about 10% below average while Grand Mesa is
well above average

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