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Do you know your snowpack?

9 facts about Colorado snowpack: What it is, why it’s important and how we tell how much of it we have.

You may have seen this map from the Natural Resources Conservation Service of Colorado. It shows how much snowpack we have in Colorado this year compared to normal. But what is normal? For that matter, what is snowpack, and what does it have to do with our water supply? Our Denver Water experts answer these questions and more in the slideshow below:

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