Aurora prepares for potential drought as snowpack remains low

AURORA | Aurora’s water sources aren’t in dire straits, yet, but city officials are starting to prepare for a possibly severe drought this summer.

Tim York, Aurora’s water department manager, offered up the highs and lows of the city’s current water situation in Aurora during the study session Feb. 9. With the record-breaking lack of snow this winter, there will probably be restrictions this summer unless key parts of the state are hit by an increasingly unlikely snowmaggedon.

“It’s pretty dry out there,” York said. “Snow pack has not been good.”…

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