WaterTuesday, November 10
Fall storms pushed SRP's reservoirs from 53% to 70% full in less than a week
The Good Day Chandler team
If you've wondered where all that rain went, a lot of it is sitting in the Salt and Verde reservoirs. The Salt River Project says it stored about 370,000 acre-feet from the storms, taking the system from 53% full on Nov. 1 to 70% full on Nov. 6.
SRP's reservoirs went from 53% to 70% full in under a week
70%SRP reservoir system full on Nov. 6
Sources: KJZZ, AZ Big Media
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| SRP reservoir system full on Nov. 6 | 70% |
| Full on Nov. 1 | 53% |
October and November inflows are the highest on record on the Salt and Verde watershed. SRP hydrologist Stephen Flora said the system captured enough water to cover about half a year of demand for its Phoenix-area distribution system. Some of the released water also seeped into the aquifer beneath the Valley.
- Verde River inflow peak: about 94,000 cubic feet per second
- Roosevelt Lake inflow peak: about 145,000 cubic feet per second
- SRP releases: back to normal operating ranges
- Colorado River gains: "a drop in the bucket"
The storms stored 370,000 acre-feet in SRP's reservoirs
- 370,000
- acre-feet of water stored by SRP
- 120 billion
- gallons stored in SRP's reservoir system
- 8 times
- the average October and November inflow
Sources: KJZZ, AZ Big Media
Sources: KJZZ, AZ Big Media