Cuts are already on the table as drought worries Utah water districts

The mountains above Davis and Weber counties typically have more than 17 inches of snowpack this time of year. Right now, it’s less than 3 inches.

That means some of northern Utah’s reservoirs can’t count on getting their usual spring boost, said Scott Paxman, general manager and CEO of the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District.

“The runoff was non-existent. It’s over. We didn’t see any peaks in streams or rivers,” he said. “So, we’re basically starting where we ended last year with the volumes of water in our reservoirs.”…

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