“Our lands are tinder dry,” said Brian Steed, executive director of the Department of Natural Resources. Steed added that May and June will likely be hotter and drier than normal, with all signs pointing to “a challenging wildfire season.”
Snowpack in the Jordan and Provo river basins currently sits at 59% of normal, according to the latest Utah Water Supply Outlook report from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, although precipitation for the water year to date is close to normal at 95%.
“April precipitation was kind to northern Utah,” the report notes, “but did not deliver for the southern portion of the state.” Even with April’s storms, the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District hasn’t managed to add much storage to its reservoirs and will reduce the amount of water delivered to customers this season. The district plans to buy 14,000 acre-feet from Deer Creek and another 5,000 acre-feet of Echo water shares on the Provo River to shore up supplies, according to a news release from the Division of Water Resources.
In Ogden, Mayor Mike Caldwell signed a declaration of severe water shortage Wednesday with several outdoor watering guidelines that are in effect until Nov. 1. Under the declaration, residents should wait to water turf until it shows visible signs of stress and irrigate only twice a week.
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