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Denver Water’s reservoirs are at 85 percent of capacity, thanks to above-average snowpack in the Upper South Platte and Colorado River basins, utility officials said Thursday.
Typically, officials said, reservoirs are 82 percent full at this time of the year. In March 2003, the height of the drought, reservoirs were 43 percent full.
Even if mountain snowfall tapers off, most of Denver Water’s reservoirs will fill this summer, utility officials said. For now, Denver Water does not anticipate watering restrictions.
“If the heavy snowfall continues, many of the state’s water managers will shift their attention from drought recovery to addressing flood concerns,” said Marc Waage, Denver Water’s manager of raw water supply.
