AURORA, Colo. — Some Colorado residents are likely to see water restrictions as mountain snowpack nears record-low levels, Aurora Water told Denver7 on Wednesday.
The Aurora Reservoir currently sits at 97% of its normal level, but that number can be deceiving because as you head to mountain reservoirs — where the city sources most of its water from — levels are much more meager.
According to city data, Spinney Mountain Reservoir in Park County is currently at 43%, Jefferson Lake is at 23%, and across its 12 reservoirs, Aurora Water is sitting at a total of 60%.
“It’s actually worse than it was in [the historic drought year of] 2002,” explained Shonnie Cline, Aurora Water’s deputy director of internal and external affairs. “That doesn’t mean that it’s the worst that it’s ever been in the entire time of the planet, but certainly since we’ve been keeping modern records.”…