SRP can't store all the water spring rain and snow has brought to Phoenix

By Lauren Gilger
Published: Monday, March 27, 2023 - 12:32pm
Updated: Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 8:12am

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Water is released from Tempe Town Lake
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Water is released from Tempe Town Lake on March 25, 2023.

If you drive past the Salt River in town right now, you might see something surprising there: water. 

That’s because the Salt River Project continues to release water from its dams in order to clear space in its reservoirs for heavy spring snowmelt after an unusually wet winter. Several late-winter storms have water officials looking to clear room in the Verde River reservoirs, which, as of last week, are already over 80% full. 

Charlie Ester, SRP’s manager of watershed management, joined The Show to talk about it.

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