Lake Mead and Lake Powell could be in for a tough year, with the latest estimates of Colorado’s snowpack providing underwhelming reading.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Water and Climate Center, the snowpack in Upper Colorado River Basin-the primary source of flows into Mead and Powell-is presently sitting at just 83 percent of the historic median for this time of year.
This is a significant decrease since January, when numbers were closer to 95 percent, and a drop of 2 percent in the last week alone…