Putting Water Year 2023 in Context: Caution, Conservation Still Best for the West
October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023
LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 27 -- Utah State University issued the following news:
September marked the end of Water Year 2023, and it was certainly one for the books. Snowpack, runoff and increases in reservoir storage all were all unusually large. Current estimates for the year's total runoff in the Colorado River Basin and increases in reservoir storage were the second largest recorded for the 21st century.
Managers, irrigators and community leaders responsible for water suppl . . .
September marked the end of Water Year 2023, and it was certainly one for the books. Snowpack, runoff and increases in reservoir storage all were all unusually large. Current estimates for the year's total runoff in the Colorado River Basin and increases in reservoir storage were the second largest recorded for the 21st century.
Managers, irrigators and community leaders responsible for water suppl . . .