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Event Date
February 6, 2020
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Monthly water supply briefings are held January through late spring on the first Thursday of each month. The briefings are composed of two parts, a telephone conference call and a web-based presentation.

Event Date
January 9, 2020
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Monthly water supply briefings are held January through late spring on the first Thursday of each month. The briefings are composed of two parts, a telephone conference call and a web-based presentation.

Event Date
November 18, 2019
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location
Boise, ID

The Idaho Fall Water Supply Outlook is a one-day meeting held annually to recap previous water year conditions and provide outlook information for the coming water year. 

Event Date
April 24, 2019
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Colorado River Basin experienced exceptional drought in 2018. The winter of 2018–2019 has seen average to above-average snowfall. What does this one winter of good snowfall among many years of dry conditions and exceptional drought mean? Watch this webinar to learn about the Colorado River Basin water supply conditions, water supply forecast, and projections for major reservoirs, including Lake Mead and Lake Powell.

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Drought can have a significant impact on the management and operations of water utilities, from loss of water supply and poor source water quality to increased demand from customers and reduced revenues. Changing conditions in precipitation, snowpack, soil moisture, temperature, and evapotranspiration must be well monitored and better forecasted to provide water managers early warning of drought. Water managers facing water shortages need access to new technologies, tools, and resources to better understand and reduce drought risk to their water supply systems.

Event Date
March 19, 2019
9:00 am - 10:00 am

The Colorado and New Mexico portions of the Rio Grande Basin experienced exceptional drought over the past 18 months. The winter of 2018–2019 has seen a return of average to above-average snowfall in the upper basin. Will this snowpack translate into all-important run-off in the Rio Grande Basin? Greg Waller of the National Weather Service West Gulf River Forecast Center will provide a look ahead into water supply projections/forecasts for the spring and summer periods.

Drought Impacts Reporter (DIR): an interactive database of drought impacts in the U.S., by location, data, type, and cost built from stakeholder, government, media and other reports.

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