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NRCS tells Utah board statewide snowpack about 70% of normal; Great Salt Lake and reservoirs below recent years
Summary
NRCS Utah Snow Survey supervisor Jordan Clayton told the Board of Water Resources that statewide snow water equivalent is about 70% of normal, reservoirs sit near 60% capacity (about 13% below last year), and the Great Salt Lake remains roughly 6 feet below an optimal range.
Jordan Clayton, supervisor of the Utah Snow Survey with the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service, briefed the Board of Water Resources on current snowpack, soil moisture and reservoir conditions.
"We're about 70% of normal, which is really not where we wanna be," Clayton said, summarizing statewide snow water equivalent and noting strong regional contrasts: several northern-basin sites were above…
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