Utah water conditions update: Nearly full reservoirs, rushing streams and a healthier Great Salt Lake
It’s officially summer, and the Utah Water Conditions Update is here from the Utah Division of Water Resources, and the headlines are positive. Reservoirs are at 92% capacity, 88% of streams are flowing at normal to above-normal and Great Salt Lake has risen 6.5 feet since its historic low in 2022. According to the report, most of Utah’s snowpack has melted. Streams and reivers and running high, fast and cold, which creates dangerous conditions. The Park Record reported earlier this week that Wasatch County Search and Rescue has been called in to the Provo River frequently in the last two weeks due to recreationists falling in the rushing river, which has picked up due to snowpack melt.