If you drive past the Salt River in town right now, you might see something surprising there: water.
That’s because the Salt River Project continues to release water from its dams in order to clear space in its reservoirs for heavy spring snowmelt after an unusually wet winter. Several late-winter storms have water officials looking to clear room in the Verde River reservoirs, which, as of last week, are already over 80% full.
Charlie Ester, SRP’s manager of watershed management, joined The Show to talk about it.
Due to deeper snowpack than usual, the Salt River Project has increased water releases from several reservoirs. Last Friday, Tempe Town Lake's dam was flowing at 25,000 cubic feet per second. Here's what that looked like on Saturday night.
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