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Runoff below average but reservoirs expected to fill as spring moves along in Northern Utah
An average winters season means water officials aren't sweating flooding or shortages this year. Scott Paxman, general manager and CEO of the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, told the Standard-Examiner last week that it was a very normal year, even with a slow start to the snow season. "We basically had a very average year for snowpack," he said. "It was right at 100% — it went up and down, but it ended right at the normal level. Where we got hurt was we didn't have any early rains in October or November last year, so the soil moisture really suffered," he said. "It was kind of ...
