The City of Everett Can Ignore State Drought Warnings

While the State issued a drought advisory on April 8th, the advisory excludes customers served by the City of Everett. The current outlook for Everett’s water supply is good.

Everett’s water source snowpack is 75% of normal as of April 1st, 2025. Everett’s Spada Reservoir is at 125% of normal storage (typical lake elevation for this time of year).

Everett is constantly monitoring their water supply and system demands. They measure precipitation, stream flows, reservoir storage, water consumption and more.

Based on current water supply conditions, Everett anticipates it will have enough water for people and fish this summer.

Expected drought areas determined by the state.

They also look at historical trends and use complex hydrologic models that can help project reservoir elevations and river flows, considering reservoir inflow, water use for people and fish and other factors.

Conditions vary widely in different parts of the state depending on the source of water, the local weather and climate conditions and how the water supply has been managed.

The most up-to-date water supply conditions, showing precipitation, snowpack, reservoir storage and consumption, are posted on the City of Everett website (everettwa.gov/watersupply).

Sign up to receive updates on Everett’s water supply at everettwa.gov/notifyme (then scroll down to the ‘Public Works’ category).

See if your water district is served by the City of Everett water system.

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