While much has been made about the massive snowpack building in the mountains above Utah's most populated areas, there are still concerns over the Colorado River that feeds into Lake Powell.
The vast Colorado River system flows through Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, and its water is what what the majority of Utahns rely on.
Utah's snowpack is most definitely great at 160% of the median snow water equivalent for this time of year. The state's state's biggest contribution to the Colorado system flows out of the Uinta mountains which is currently at a healthy 148% of median. But Utah syphons a lot of that water off before it gets anywhere near Lake Powell, taking 23% of our water from a supply that would have gone to the Colorado.
Colorado's Rockies are the headwaters and the largest source of water to the river. The Yampa and White rivers flow from northern Colorado into the Green River in Utah and they sit at a health 136% of median.
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