Luke Runyon/KUNC

An irrigation canal carries Colorado River water to cropfields in central Arizona.

This week, we got our first look at likely Colorado River levels for the year — and the outlook could be better. The Colorado Basin River Forecast Center expects water supplies to be below average in 2020 despite a high snowpack.

Luke Runyon with KUNC in Colorado joined The Show to explain why.

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