Water supply for the area continues to hold steady at above-full levels, thanks to rains that started late last year, Water Utilities Director Terry Lauritsen said this week.
“We’ve had the benefit of some nice rains starting around last Christmas,” Lauritsen said. “With the exception of Copan Lake, which is our smallest water supply source, our water supply is in really good shape.”
Water sources for the City are Hulah Lake, Hudson Lake, the Caney River and Copan Lake.
Lauritsen said Copan Lake is currently 68 percent full, while the remaining sources are at or above 100 percent.
“From a water supply perspective, we’re in very good shape for this time of year, and even Copan Lake has been on the rise for the last two or three weeks,” he said.
He said rain this weekend didn’t help much, “but obviously didn’t hurt at all.”
“There’s more rain forecast later this week, so we’ll wait and see how that transpires,” he said. “Historically, in springtime we’ll get wetter weather, so I anticipate that will be more of a normal weather pattern for us this year and that Copan will be full once again.”
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