The 2009 Water Year in Utah was a 'so-so' year according to water managers. NWS Hydrologist, Brian Mcinerney said, "If you were going to look at the water year in 2009 is essentially the switch was either on or it was off." It happened not because of the amount of rain and snow but because of when it fell.
Rain fall was scarce in November and early March but things changed by the end of March and also in the month of June. Mcinerny said, "The icing on the cake came in June when we had 4 to 500 percent of precipitation in the first three weeks."
No decision will be made about wether to release water from the state's reservoirs until mid-winter. Managers, however, say they will have a better idea of what the 2010 water year will bring.
FOX 13's Brett Benson reports.
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Rain fall was scarce in November and early March but things changed by the end of March and also in the month of June. Mcinerny said, "The icing on the cake came in June when we had 4 to 500 percent of precipitation in the first three weeks."
No decision will be made about wether to release water from the state's reservoirs until mid-winter. Managers, however, say they will have a better idea of what the 2010 water year will bring.
FOX 13's Brett Benson reports.
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