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<br />-2- <br /> <br />and Colorado communities to n:view llood ordinances. floodplain penn its. mapping needs. and <br />flood mitigation project needs. Last year \\hen the snowpack was high the CWCB transmitted <br />via email regular llood outlook updates. and the intent is to build on that effort this year and into <br />the future. One of thc cxciting ncw products we are dc\,'eloping with John Benz of I!DR <br />Engineering is a web-based "daily nood thrcat outlook" specilic for Colorado counties. <br />. Ve\'ll ~lcCaig. Seelion Chief. CWCB Office of Water Consl'n"alion \.(: Urought Planning- <br />Veva is ne\\ to the CWCB and is the nc\\ co-chair of the WAIT along with Jack Byers. The <br />WAlF has also retained the professional services of John lien/: and will bcnelit from his <br />expertise and kno\\ ledge. John will present his assessments and forecasts at future \VA TF <br />meetings, The WAIT will be communicating with the DNR Executive Director's Olliee and <br />with the Govemor.s Oflice to relay pertinent llood and drought infonnation. The C\\'CB. <br />through the Ollice of \\,'ater Conser_atian & Drought Planning administers a grant progmm t(1r <br />water users that sell. on a retail basis. 2.000 AF of water or more annually. These grant monies <br />arc also available to state and local entities to assist in the dc\'clopment of drought mitigation <br />plans. The gmnt program was approved through the Colorado State Icgislaturc.s liB 041365 <br />(Water Conservation Planning Grant Program) Inlonnation about this programs can be tound at <br />hup:/Icwcb.statc oco.uslowc/index.html. <br /> <br />~H.CS Snow Sun-e); I)rcsenta!inn (Mike Gillc:spic) <br />. -t-he pattern of\\et to thc north of 1-70 and dry to thc south of 1-70 is the opposite of last year. <br />. February \....as \\ hen most of the basins took at hit to snO\\ pack percentages. Even in the north <br />basins that looked good had snowpack diminish. Whcn you look at graphs of the River Basins <br />momh by month you see a slow do\\nward steady decline statcwide. <br /> <br />- .. <br /> <br /> <br />~ NRCS <br /> <br />Colorado SNOTEL Snowpack Update Map <br /> <br />_IdAv..... <br />_.. <br />1iiI'''- <br />c'.... <br />--- <br />m... <br />1iiI. . <br />_.. <br /> <br />""" <br /> <br />~I <br /> <br />C.."enl 8S 01 M., Uo 200e <br /> <br />0-_.___..___....___. <br /> <br />. The state\\ ide graphs compare all the years sinee 1968. In the last nine years. onl~ one. 2005. has <br />had alx1\e 3Hrage conditions ~tatc\\ide. Even \\ith current stann. mueh ofthc state is <br /> <br />FlOlJd PrCUl1lon . Wdlrr PmJfi' PLmmnjl. dnd FLrI.l.IH:r . Sln:'dm ,llId u~t" Prott"\1Ilm <br />Wdter Supply Prot:n.1I0n' COru;.cT\odtJon PLmmng <br />