NRCS Irrigation Water NRCS Irrigation Water Management Training:Management Training:Snow Survey & Water Snow Survey & Water

Supply ForecastingSupply Forecasting

CSU, ARDECCSU, ARDEC

Fort Collins, COFort Collins, CO

July 11-15, 2005July 11-15, 2005

Successful Water Management begins with an adequateknowledge of the primary source of water: Snow

Water Management decisions, such as the type of crops to plant or thenumber of acres to plant, depend on reliable forecasts of the year’s water supply

Up to 80% of Colorado’s Water SupplyOriginates as Snow

Snow Courses

SNOTEL (SNOwpack TELemetry) Sites