SALT LAKE CITY — Right now, most Utah reservoirs are 73% full — which is good news according to state water resource officials. The even better news is that current water levels at reservoirs are about 18% higher right now than they are normally.
That’s not the case everywhere. Some Utah reservoirs are measuring at 14% and even 9% full. These include Yuba and Settlement Canyon.
Those lower numbers are okay too. They’re expected, according to Laura Haskell, the Utah Division of Water Resources Drought Coordinator.
The difference between single-year and multi-year reservoirs in Utah
“The [Utah] reservoirs that are only 20% full right now are usually designed to be a single-year reservoir,” Haskell said. “They will collect water in the spring and then they’ll use it throughout the summer, and the reservoir will be mostly empty in the fall…