The Nevada Irrigation District also continues to track snowpack conditions by also releasing an unusual May survey. And it mirrors the state, at 230-percent of average for the first of the month. NID Water Resources Superintendent, Thor Larsen, says the water content, of 61 inches, is the fourth-highest for the date. That’s more than twice the historic average of 26 inches. And a year ago it was only 17 inches. He says the mostly below-normal temperatures in April has also minimized the melt…

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Larsen says the peak of the snowmelt is not expected before around the middle of the month, significantly later than normal. And that bodes well for this year’s water storage….

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As of May first, overall storage for the district’s nine reservoirs was 107-percent of average and 92-percent of capacity. NID conducts surveys on five snow courses of varying elevation that provides water to raw and treated water customers.