As predicted, the Upper Snake Reservoir system is rapidly draining and will likely reach record lows soon. The graph below, from a Henry's Fork Foundation email, shows where the system stands as compared with last year and average years.

The Bureau of Reclamation reports that the entire system is currently 16% full. American Falls is down to 7 percent full, so water is being drawn from almost all up-stream reservoirs to meet needs below American Falls. This is necessary because this spring the American Falls water right filled on paper, but the reservoir didn't fill physically, meaning much of the water stored in Palisades, Island Park, Henry's Lake, and Ririe belongs to American Falls.

Palisades is down to 10%, Jackson 27%, and Island Park 30%, Ririe 46%, and Henry's Lake 76%. As of Sunday there was about 647,000 acre-feet left in the entire system. Water District #01 reported at the end of the week that 21,000 acre-feet of storage water is currently being used daily. Fortunately water use is easing somewhat. Some canals are running out of water, so that will also slow diversion. Still, very little will remain at the end of the water year.