![]() ![]() The Colorado River, with its system of reservoirs and water conveyance infrastructure provides water to more than 40 million people and nearly 5.5 million acres of farmland across the western United States and Mexico. Water Resources Challenges in the Colorado River Basin Through the NGWOS Program, existing snow, streamflow, groundwater, and water-quality monitoring networks are being expanded to include state-of-the art data collection that will support hydrologic modeling and advance understanding of snow-dominated hydrologic systems. Regional modeling and assessments in the UCRB will include evaluations of core indicators for water-availability in addition to focused studies related to the effects of snowpack accumulation and melt on water-budget components and water quality, with an emphasis on salinity. 1) were selected as the study area for NGWOS activities because this area provides an opportunity to develop high-fidelity observations in a snowmelt-dominated system of the mountain west. Within the UCRB, the Colorado River Headwaters and Gunnison River subbasins (UCOL fig. ![]() The Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) was selected as the second IWS basin because of its importance as a regional water resource in the western US (fig 1). High-fidelity data collection, observations, and data delivery through the Next Generation Water Observing Systems (NGWOS) Program includes installing new monitoring equipment and enhancing existing monitoring networks in the Colorado River Headwaters and Gunnison River subbasins (UCOL). Integrated Water Science activities in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) will include prediction and assessments of water availability.
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