Saturday, April 14, 2012

SandBox Utah: Deseret News "Officials see dim Colorado River water outlook"

AP via Deseret News:
"LAS VEGAS — Water officials say a dry month in the Wyoming, Colorado and Utah mountains that drain snowmelt into the Colorado River could mean less water arriving later this year at the reservoir serving Las Vegas.

Federal snow surveyor Randy Julander that after an unusually warm March, much of the range he covers in Nevada, Utah and California already resembles conditions usually seen in May. That has federal water forecasters slashing river level projections.

"March was simply not kind to us," Julander told the Las Vegas Review-Journal for a Friday report (http://bit.ly/IkHWX4 )....."  (Read more?  Click title)

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