EVERETT — Recent rains have improved the region’s water supply and the cities of Everett, Seattle and Tacoma are rolling back their drought advisory to its lowest level.
Water management officials are now cautiously optimistic about water supply conditions after a summer marked by low water levels in regional reservoirs, including Spada Lake, which supplies much of the drinking water in Everett.
Customers were asked to reduce their water consumption by 10 percent during the height of the summer.
The Sultan River watershed received more than 13 inches of rain in the past two weeks, bringing precipitation to almost 80 percent of normal for this time of year. The storage level in Spada reservoir increased by 25 feet recently and is now above normal levels.
Conditions no longer warrant being in the “voluntary” stage of the regional Water Shortage Response Plan, and are dropping down to the “advisory” stage of the plan.
An El Niño weather system is expected to bring warm weather to the Northwest through the spring, and cities are still continuing to ask residents not to waste water.
More water-saving tips can be found at savingwater.org.
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