The state-wide drought may be kinda-sorta over, but there’s still a lot of drought out there — and we’re still in dryer than normal conditions, the snow and rain of the past month notwithstandnig.
Colorado’s snowpack – a key predictor of new water supplies – is about four times larger than it was last year at this time.
But is the drought over? No way, experts said.
When snowpack officials put the finishing touches on their May 1 report today, they expect the statewide figure to measure 86 percent of average compared with last year’s historic low of 19 percent of average but still below average.
Denver Water is actually considering whether to ease some of the drought restrictions still further. As of today, we can finally water the yard — I need to re-energize the sprinklers and see what went flooey over the winter — for two (fixed) days per week.
Which means, incidentally, that I really need to figure out about getting the lawn mowed. *Sigh*
I hope they don’t remove the restrictions either in Denver or Fort Collins. Two days/week is fine to keep our lawns alive. We have several years of catching up to do.
I prefer the two fixed days over the circle, diamond, square because I can set my system and forget it.
I don’t think they will ever completely lift water restrictions in the Front Range urban areas. We’ve got too many people, and this is a good opportunity to set up a reasonable structure.
I wouldn’t mind three days, but I think we can squeak by on two. Certainly it’s an excuse to do something with the lawn other than bluegrass.
Our sprinkler system can handle either Days A and B, or Every Xth Day, so there’s no advantage there (except that I know when the sprinklers are going to run).
My system doesnt’ have every Xth day. At least there is more discipline now, until last May I was on unmetered water!