03-19-2023, 04:35 PM
Many of you who fish the lower Weber between highway 89 and Echo are most likely aware of the current high stream flows. Last year significant releases from Echo didn't begin until the middle of May. This year they began to occur around January 5. Current releases from Echo are at 521 cfs. Who knows how high they may go.
Out of curiosity I reached out to the Weber River Water Users Association to see if they had a specific water release plan by date for the water year. Wanted to share with the group the information I received:
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Rick Smith <Ricks@davisweber.org>
Sat, Mar 18, 2:05 PM (20 hours ago)
Thanks for the email. There is not a website where planned releases are noted, because specific releases are not planned too far into the future. Weber Basin is in charge of flood control, and releases are occurring due to high reservoirs and the large snowpack which will cause large runoff volumes. They are trying to get water down to Willard and have room in reservoirs for the runoff.
Mother Nature will dictate on how fast the snowpack melts and runoff occur. Weber Basin does their best to use forecasts and manage storage and flows. They would have made larger releases sooner, but there have been construction projects in the Weber River.
Hopefully that helps answer your questions.
Rick
Good news obviously for our drought situation, but will make fishing treacherous. Be careful out there!
Out of curiosity I reached out to the Weber River Water Users Association to see if they had a specific water release plan by date for the water year. Wanted to share with the group the information I received:
Rick Smith <Ricks@davisweber.org>
Sat, Mar 18, 2:05 PM (20 hours ago)
Thanks for the email. There is not a website where planned releases are noted, because specific releases are not planned too far into the future. Weber Basin is in charge of flood control, and releases are occurring due to high reservoirs and the large snowpack which will cause large runoff volumes. They are trying to get water down to Willard and have room in reservoirs for the runoff.
Mother Nature will dictate on how fast the snowpack melts and runoff occur. Weber Basin does their best to use forecasts and manage storage and flows. They would have made larger releases sooner, but there have been construction projects in the Weber River.
Hopefully that helps answer your questions.
Rick
Good news obviously for our drought situation, but will make fishing treacherous. Be careful out there!