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Western Water Assessment

@wwanews.bsky.social

WWA is an applied research program that addresses societal vulnerabilities related to weather and water resources.

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CIRES@cires.colorado.edu · 2mo ago

“I think Front Range cities will be asked, whether nicely or not, to reduce their Colorado River diversions,” said Jeff Lukas, a water consultant and former @wwanews.bsky.social and CIRES scientist. sentinelcolorado.com/metro/colora...

Colorado River's dire state demands action from urban water users, experts say — few are - Sentinel Colorado

Denver Water and Aurora Water have imposed stage-one drought watering restrictions, but others have not.

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CIRES@cires.colorado.edu · 3mo ago

“Ultimately, it's going to take relatively, perhaps even draconian cuts in water (use)... unless there's some major change in how we think about the system operating,” said Seth Arens, a hydrologist at the @wwanews.bsky.social on Aspen Public Radio. www.aspenpublicradio.org/environment/...

Severe Colorado River drought leads to water releases from Upper Basin reservoirs and reduced flows from Lake Powell

The Bureau of Reclamation announced plans to release water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir, and to reduce flows out of Glen Canyon Dam on Lake Powell in an attempt to prop up the Colorado River Basin’s…

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CIRES@cires.colorado.edu · 3mo ago

Ash and sediment from #wildfires can contaminate Colorado's long-term reservoir storage. "Not just for one year or two years, but sometimes for up to eight years," said Ben Livneh, CIRES fellow and @wwanews.bsky.social director, on Denver7 News. www.denver7.com/news/environ...

Colorado wildfires threaten to devastate the state's long-term water supply and reservoir storage

Aurora Water warns that leftover ash and sediment from wildfires can contaminate reservoirs and reduce storage capacity - even years after the flames are out.

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University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder)@colorado.edu · 4mo ago

Winter never came to Colorado. Ben Linveh, @cuengineering.bsky.social associate professor and director of @wwanews.bsky.social at @cires.colorado.edu explains the "perfect storm" overlap of climate change and natural climate swings. Learn how you can help our water supply ↓ https://bit.ly/4dIFa4P

Winter never came to Colorado. What does it mean for water supplies?

With snowpack at 40% of normal, a CU Boulder hydrologist explains why this year’s snow drought stands out and what it could mean for the Colorado River Basin.

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Western Water Assessment@wwanews.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Winter never came to Colorado. What does it mean for water supplies? WWA Director Ben Livneh speaks about how warm and dry this winter was, the cause of this snow drought, and more. www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0... #snowdrought @cires.colorado.edu

Winter never came to Colorado. What does it mean for water supplies?

With snowpack at 40% of normal, a CU Boulder hydrologist explains why this year’s snow drought stands out and what it could mean for the Colorado River Basin.

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CIRES@cires.colorado.edu · 5mo ago

KUNR interviewed @wwanews.bsky.social's Seth Arens about Western Water Assessments 2025 Hazards Summary. “It ended up being a very low year for Colorado River stream flow. It was somewhere around 50% of average during 2025." www.kunr.org/local-storie...

2025 brought record drought, wildfires and windstorms to the Mountain West, report finds

A new report finds 2025 brought widespread drought, massive wildfires and destructive windstorms across several Mountain West states — and underscores how closely connected those disasters have…

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CIRES@cires.colorado.edu · 6mo ago

"We've seen a trend in the last several years—five, eight years—of stream flow forecasts consistently getting worse throughout the late winter, and even into runoff period," said Seth Arens, a scientist at @wwanews.bsky.social & CIRES. www.aspenpublicradio.org/environment/...

Snow drought in upper Colorado River basin is breaking records, setting up for a drier spring

A lack of snow, compounded by warm temperatures, has plagued Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. That will impact how much water is available come spring runoff.

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Western Water Assessment@wwanews.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The entire region experienced much above average (top 10%) to record-warm #temperatures in December. For weather monitoring sites with at least 50 years of data, 50 of 60 sites in Utah had a record-warm December, 31 of 75 sites had records in Colorado, and 34 of 46 sites had records in Wyoming. #wx

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CIRES@cires.colorado.edu · 8mo ago

Lander, Wyoming, is the latest community to benefit from @ciresnews.bsky.social and @wwanews.bsky.social programs to build flood resilience. The team gathered key community stakeholders and led thoughtful discussions to diagram what they would do in a disaster.

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CIRES@cires.colorado.edu · 10mo ago

Rapid assessment led by CIRES researchers dives deep into Pagosa Springs' third-largest flood on record. The report compiled by Western Water Assessment includes scientific and historical context to help decision makers and emergency responders buff.ly/7pBWXlz

A flooding brown river flows over picnic tables and sidewalks.A brown flooding river covers sidewalks.A turbulent brown river floods a downtown area of a small town.A flooding river almost reaches the height of a pedestrian bridge that crosses it. Steaming hot springs in the background and buildings along the shore.
Western Water Assessment@wwanews.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Monthly #streamflow conditions were below to much below normal across large parts of the region during August. Most river basins in Colorado and Utah experienced these conditions, with record-low monthly streamflow observed in the Piedra River and at four streamflow gauges on the White River.

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