{"id":5276,"date":"2004-04-14T07:13:52","date_gmt":"2004-04-14T14:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/04\/14\/droughtful.html"},"modified":"2014-11-23T09:09:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T16:09:53","slug":"droughtful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/04\/14\/droughtful.html","title":{"rendered":"Droughtful"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite a heavier-than-average April, we’re still running below normal (“normal” in the long view, that is), so we can expect further water restrictions this year<\/a> in Denver.<\/p>\n

The utility is expected to announce limits that will closely mirror the two-day per week mandatory watering schedule used last summer, along with surcharges for excess water use.
\nCities such as Aurora and Colorado Springs have already announced strict two-day per week watering rules, a move designed to guard stored water supplies.
\nStatewide reservoirs are just 81 percent full and Denver Water, which has one of the largest municipal storage systems, said its reservoirs are only 72 percent full, about 10 percent below normal.<\/p>\n

On the bright side, it’s not as bad (they say) as 2002.<\/p>\n

“We need to be careful about how we characterize all of this,” Deputy State Engineer Jack Byers said. “This isn’t as bad as 2002.” For example, back then, the April 1 snowpack measured just 52 percent of average and dropped to just 19 percent of average by May 1, he said. In contrast, this year’s April 1 reading recorded 65 percent of average.
\nBut weather forecasts offer mixed signals and little outlook for more relief, said Klaus Wolter, a forecaster with the Climate Diagnostics Center in Boulder. “In the next 14 days, we’re likely to lose some ground. Let’s just hope it doesn’t get too hot,” Wolter said.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite a heavier-than-average April, we’re still running below normal (“normal” in the long view, that is), so we can expect further water restrictions this year in Denver. The utility is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather-and-climate-change"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6627,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/08\/11\/drops_in_the_bu.html","url_meta":{"origin":5276,"position":0},"title":"Drops in the bucket","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 11-Aug-04 10:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"A relatively mild summer, monsoon-like conditions, and lots of good water conservation by Denver-area residents means that reservoirs are at 85% normal. That's the good news. The bad news is...","rel":"","context":"In "Climate Change \/ Weather \/ Disasters"","block_context":{"text":"Climate Change \/ Weather \/ Disasters","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/science\/weather-and-climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5582,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/02\/18\/drought_update.html","url_meta":{"origin":5276,"position":1},"title":"Drought update","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 18-Feb-04 7:38am","format":false,"excerpt":"So far, so good ... sort of ... with drought stuff here in Colorado. Denver Water expects its drought-stricken reservoirs to reach 92 percent of capacity this summer if spring...","rel":"","context":"In "Weather (mine)"","block_context":{"text":"Weather (mine)","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/weather-and-seasons"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4713,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/07\/15\/opening_the_tap.html","url_meta":{"origin":5276,"position":2},"title":"Opening the tap a bit","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 15-Jul-03 10:03am","format":false,"excerpt":"Huzzah and hey-nonny-nonny! Denver Water is giving us a third day of watering each week. Folks in my address cohort will be able to water Wednesday, Saturday, and now Monday...","rel":"","context":"In "Weather (mine)"","block_context":{"text":"Weather (mine)","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/weather-and-seasons"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/07\/10\/water_water_not.html","url_meta":{"origin":5276,"position":3},"title":"Water, water, not quite everywhere","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 10-Jul-03 1:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I've mixed feelings on this one. On the one hand, it's great news that Denver Water will probably decide Monday to loosen water restrictions -- either extending watering time per...","rel":"","context":"In "Weather (mine)"","block_context":{"text":"Weather (mine)","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/weather-and-seasons"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5909,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/06\/30\/water_water_wel.html","url_meta":{"origin":5276,"position":4},"title":"Water, water … well, not quite as nowhere as before","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 30-Jun-04 9:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple of weeks of rainy weather (all part of the Grand Air Conditioning Conspiracy) has boosted the reservoirs in the area, leading Denver Water to add a third watering...","rel":"","context":"In "Climate Change \/ Weather \/ Disasters"","block_context":{"text":"Climate Change \/ Weather \/ Disasters","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/science\/weather-and-climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37924,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/27\/a-bit-of-early-summer-good-news-for-denver-area-yards.html","url_meta":{"origin":5276,"position":5},"title":"A bit of early summer good news for Denver area yards","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 27-Jun-13 10:47pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Denver Water is relaxing the max 2-days-a-week watering schedule to 3-days-a-week. \u00a0Late rains and snow in the mountains filled up the reservoirs for the northern part of the state pretty decently.Denver area water users have been so good at reducing water usage, it's actually hurting Denver Water's budget significantly, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48514,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276\/revisions\/48514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}