Drought Watch

Drought Summaries
- Graphic Comparisons of Streamflow and Volume to Historic Values for 23 Sites
- Comparison of Recent Daily-Average Streamflows to Historical Streamflows for Long-Term Streamgages
- January 2005 Drought Workshop

ABOUT THE USGS COLORADO WSC

(The following links are pdf, requires Adobe Acrobat, versions of Powerpoint presentations given at the workshop)

9:00 –10:00	REGISTRATION
10:00–10:10	INTRODUCTORY REMARKS	Doug Cain
10:10–11:10	What does recorded data from the last 150 years tell us about drought and climate variability, and what are the implications for water suppliers?	Greg McCabe
11:10–11:20	Break
11:20–12:20	What do tree rings tell us about drought and climate variability in the last 2,000 years?	Julio Betancourt
12:20–1:00	LUNCH
1:00–2:00	How a watershed modeling approach could be used to provide better and more frequent forecasts, and improve estimates of uncertainty	George Leavesley
2:00–2:15	BREAK
2:15–3:15	Science, policy, and Colorado water-supply issues related to drought	Eric Kuhn
3:15–4:15	PANEL DISCUSSION Perspectives from water suppliers on water supply forecasting concerns in light of drought and climate variability issues. Denver Water - Bob Steger Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District - Andy Pineda Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District - Jim Broderick Colorado Springs Utilities - Jim McGrady
4:15–5:00	WRAP-UP

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