After four years of drought, a return to more normal winter weather is improving the outlook for the coming year’s Nevada Irrigation District water supply.

 

General Manager Rem Scherzinger said seasonal precipitation had reached 104 percent of average as of Jan. 7 with an outlook for continued wet weather.

 

Precipitation at the district’s Bowman Reservoir was measured at 28.95 inches. Rainfall is measured each year July 1 through June 30. Bowman Reservoir is at 5,650 feet elevation in the Sierra.