YBSA Monthly Report September 2020 Storage: The water in the 5 reservoirs in the Yakima River Basin are at 30% capacity. This is average for this time of year. Irrigation supply is enough to provide water until the irrigation systems…
Storage: The 5 reservoirs in the Yakima Basin are at 48% full which is average for this time of year. With Rimrock Reservoir at 83% of capacity the procedure called flip-flop will begin in the first couple weeks of September.…
Reservoir Storage: The 5 reservoirs are at 74% capacity which is average for this time of year. With the hot summer the reservoirs receive 120 cubic feet per second (cfs) and are releasing 5900 cfs for instream flow and out…
YBSA Monthly ReportJune 2020 Storage: The 5 reservoirs are at 94% full. Water from the reservoirs is now being used to meet the need for instream flow and out-of-stream use (storage control). With the snowpack being depleted, storage will provide…
Storage Content: The 5 reservoirs are at 93% capacity. Annually storage is where it should be for this time of year. Water Temperature Problems with Eastern Washington Rivers: Instream flow and warm water in the lower Yakima River is a…
Storage: Reservoirs are at 70% capacity, which is a little less than average at this time of the year. The reservoirs (lake) are filling with water at a much faster rate than the amount of water being released. Snow water…
Storage: The 5 reservoirs are at 63% full. As on April 1st, the water graph shows the reservoirs are slightly above average. The graph indicates that reservoirs fill rapidly from April through June providing the snowpack will be large enough…
Storage: The 5 reservoirs are at 60% full. As on March 1st, the water graph shows the reservoirs are slightly above average. The graph indicates that reservoirs fill rapidly from April through June providing the snowpack will be large enough…
Stored Water: Storage in the 5 reservoirs is at 39% of capacity which is 100,000 acre/feet less than average. Snow water equivalent in the upper Yakima Basin is at 82% of average and in the lower Yakima Basin is at…
Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year! Storage Water: Water stored in all five reservoirs at this time is at 26% of average or 170,000 less then normal. Lake Cle Elum, our largest reservoir, is at 18% of…
