“We’re seeing it now. It’s warmer now. It’s going to be warmer. It has cascading impacts across the state.”
ordered by former Gov. John Hickenlooper. The plan has its roots in the summer of 2002, when the state was in drought and the 137,760-acre Hayman wildfire that erupted northwest of Colorado Springs was the largest on record.three wildfires
Even with climate change and population growth, aggressive conservation measures and collaboration could close the municipal and industrial shortfall by about 300,000 acre feet, according to the plan.of 3.5 million acre feet of water by mid-century. On average, about 20% of the agriculture industry’s current demand for diversion of water for use isn’t met.
Colorado has had three of the top five driest years on record since 2000. Continued warm and drying will makeSince 2000, the Colorado River Basin has experienced its driest period in 1,200 years. The Colorado River, fed by the state’s mountain snowpack, is one of several that start in Colorado and provide water to 20 states and Mexico.
Kat Weismiller, the deputy chief of the water supply planning section, said the conservation board’s water plan grants were established in the wake of the 2015 document.
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