As reservoir levels continue to drop along the Wasatch Front, everyone has been asked to help by taking shorter showers, watering their lawns less and stop wasting water.Meteorologist Sterling Poulson says the current drought conditions are something we’ve never seen before. He says while the little rain the state has been receiving this year has helped, the reservoirs recovering from the current drought will be a multi-year process.
Division of Water Resources spokesperson Candice Hasenyager says they have been seeing at least a 2% decrease in the reservoirs for the last several weeks and they expect to see similar conditions throughout the summer months.
Hasenyager says the reservoirs will not run out this summer. She says her biggest concern is the reservoirs depleting even further next year if the drought persists and we don’t get a lot of snow this winter, which would likely result in water rationing.
