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April 2026 Lunch Talk
Reservoir drought dynamics and system vulnerability in Colorado’s reservoir network
Join our April Lunch Talk where we will hear from Surabhi Upadhyay, an AWRA Colorado 2026 scholarship recipient.
Speaker: Surabhi Upadhyay
Surabhi Upadhyay is a PhD candidate in Hydrological Science and Engineering at Colorado School of Mines. Her research focuses on how climate variability and climate change influence reservoir systems, water resources, and hydropower reliability. She combines process-based hydrological and reservoir modeling with large observational datasets to study how changes in precipitation, temperature, and runoff affect reservoir storage and drought risk. Her work examines minimum power pool (MPP) risks across reservoirs in the western United States and explores how prolonged drought and warming may push reservoirs toward critical operational thresholds that threaten hydropower generation and water supply reliability. She also conducts global analyses of reservoir drought dynamics to understand patterns of drought frequency, persistence, and spatial synchronization across reservoir networks. Her research ultimately seeks to advance understanding of reservoir vulnerability and inform adaptive water resources management strategies in the face of increasing hydroclimatic uncertainty.
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