Washington Water Supply Outlook In Good Shape

The NRCS recently released the June 2017 Washington Water Supply Outlook.

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“This year, we’re going to be in fine shape for water supply,” said NRCS' Scott Pattee.  He added water figures are either at average or above average for the next three months, which is welcomed news after several years of drought or below average precipitation.

Pattee told the Washington Ag Network the cool weather over the past couple of weeks have helped with the water forecast, keeping snow in some areas a lot longer than typical.

“So, I think the agriculture community does not have any concerns, or at least the community that draws surface water supplies. As far as ground water supplies, it should also be good, because we had a lot of rain this winter, which helped recharge a lot of those groundwater aquifers.”

Pattee said the Northwest would benefit from continues cool wet weather as long as possible.  By the way, he added the current snowpack across Washington is 193%, but he was quick to note snow is disappearing fast.

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