2023 ASO Survey Season Kickoff
Dear CASM Stakeholders,
After a long winter of hard work to coordinate flights and funding, the CASM team is excited to announce that we are gearing up for ASO snowpack surveys across much of Colorado in the coming weeks and months.
Upcoming Flights and Forecasts
The map below shows the coverage of planned snowpack measurements, as well as points where WRF-Hydro forecasts will be generated after each ASO flight. The basins below will get at least 1 flight throughout the runoff season in Colorado
Blue River
Conejos River
Dolores River
East & Taylor Rivers
Northern Front Range Zone
Roaring Fork River
South Platte Above 285
Upper Colorado River at Windy Gap
Planned 2023 Flights and Forecast Locations
February 2023 CASM Stakeholder Meeting
On February 22nd, we hosted a Stakeholder webinar where the CASM planning team presented the program status, upcoming flights and forecasts, and support activities. You can watch the meeting on the CASM YouTube Channel here
Upcoming Events
Regular Coordination Meetings
During the 2023 survey season, the CWCB will host regular flight coordination meetings where stakeholders prioritize flight timing based on needs. These meetings are Mondays from 2pm - 3pm starting March 6th. Please reach out to Erik Skeie (erik.skeie@state.co.us) if you would like to know more.
Next Stakeholder Meeting
As the survey season progresses and ASO begins to collect and process snowpack measurements, we are planning our first stakeholder meeting to assess the state of the snowpack and discuss modeling results. A calendar invite is pending, but the meeting will be Fri Apr 21, 2023 1pm – 3pm (MDT)
Funding
Many agencies have contributed to support the development of CASM. Pending full grant approvals, the CASM program will be funded for close to $2.4 Million for flights and forecasts in 2023. We want to give a huge thank you to the dozens of agencies that have committed funds to make this happen, including:
Colorado Water Conservation Board
South Platte Basin Roundtable
Metro Basin Roundtable
Southwestern Basin Roundtable
Rio Grande Basin Roundtable
Colorado Basin Roundtable
Denver Water
Northern Water
Dolores Water Conservancy District
St. Vrain & Left Hand Water Conservancy District
Colorado River District
US Geological Survey
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Left Hand Ditch Company
City of Thornton
Highland Ditch Company
Chatfield Reservoir Mitigation Company
Central Colorado Water Conservancy District
Southeastern Water Conservancy District
City of Boulder
City of Golden
City of Westminster
Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Company
Snowmass Water & Sanitation District
City of Loveland
City of Fort Collins
City of Greeley
Aurora Water
City of Aspen
Pitkin County Healthy Rivers
Contact
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or would like to be involved in our planning group, please reach out to the CASM Planning Team:
Taylor Winchell - Denver Water
Emily Carbone - Northern Water
Ken Curtis - Dolores Water Conservation District
Jeff Deems - ASO Inc
Kate Burchenal - ASO Inc.
Erik Skeie - CWCB, Special Projects Coordinator
Andrew Rickert - CWCB
Dave Kanzer - Colorado River District
Scott Griebling - St. Vrain and Lefthand Water Conservancy District
Page Weil - LRE Water
