September weather will make or break Utah’s water prospects; forecasters aren’t optimistic

Wet winter followed by a hot, dry summer has worsened fire danger and air pollution, while putting pressure on the Beehive state’s snowpack water reserves.

(AP Photo/Noah Berger) Firefighters battle a wildfire burning near Oroville, Calif., on Saturday, July 8, 2017. Fires across the West are part of the same weather conditions that are also threatening to deplete Utah’s water resources, in spite of the wet winter and plentiful snowpack.

September weather will make or break Utah’s water prospects; forecasters aren’t optimistic

Wet winter followed by a hot, dry summer has worsened fire danger and air pollution, while putting pressure on the Beehive state’s snowpack water reserves.

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