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Nevada’s water outlook remains poor

Posted by: Maven on April 10, 2009 at 6:24 am

From the Reno Gazette Journal:

The final Nevada Water Supply Outlook Report for the Walker River Basin isn’t any more promising than weather watchers and water users would expect.

The report is prepared monthly from January-April by the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service out of Reno, and the report’s summary begins, “March provided a fairly mediocre end to what has turned out to be a fairly mediocre winter snow season. While parts of the state have had average numbers at various times over the winter, only the extreme eastern portion of the state remains above average for the critical April 1 readings.”

That includes the Walker River Basin, where snowpack (snow-water content) stood at 87 percent of average to start the month, compared to 96 percent of average a year before. The Basin was also at 82 percent of average as of the morning of April 8, compared to 90 percent on April 8, 2008.

The report continued of the state’s water situation, The northeast corner of the state runs just below average, while the remainder of Nevada ends the season at less than ideal conditions. “Streamflows are generally expected to flow at less than average amounts. Couple this with poor reservoir storage values and water supplies will be tight in many parts of the state.”

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April 10, 2009 · Filed Under Las Vegas & Nevada

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