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        Data viz: explore our interactive dashboards for drought, precipitation and snowpack

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        These maps and visualizations let you interact with vital data on our water supply.
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        Data viz: surveying Colorado River Basin maps

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        This collection of Colorado River Basin maps includes public domain images and other cartographic resources for depicting the watershed.
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        Map: monthly average precipitation

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        This map shows total rain and snowfall in the contiguous United States, every month from 1981 to the present. The map's color…
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        Map: weekly drought reports

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        This map depicts data from the National Drought Mitigation Center. Drought intensity categories are based on numerous indicators and local reports from…
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        Map: U.S. dams and reservoirs

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        The Global Reservoir and Dam Database (GRaND) is a survey listing about 7,000 larger dams and reservoirs worldwide, including 1,920 in the…
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        Map: daily nationwide snowpack

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        This map shows daily snowpack estimates for the contiguous United States since October 2003. Using the dropdown menu above the chart –…
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    The Water Desk is excited to work with undergraduate and graduate journalism students at the University of Colorado Boulder. One of our missions is to train the...

    Announcing our first grantees

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    The Water Desk is excited to announce our first grants to support journalists and media outlets covering Western water issues and the Colorado River Basin.

    Building a network for water journalism

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    The Water Desk is building a collaborative network of media outlets that cross-publish content related to Western water issues. Colorado River flows...

    Defining The Water Desk’s scope and water journalism

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    The Water Desk is a new independent journalism initiative. We're starting up at a pivotal moment for both the news industry and water sector.

    Water Desk grantees

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    The Water Desk has made $75,000 in grants to journalists and media outlets covering California water issues.

    Announcing grantees for The Water Desk’s California Media Project

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    The Water Desk has made $75,000 in grants to journalists and media outlets covering California water issues.

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