Program Water Past Season Summary
Program Water data are collected from March 1 through October 31.
Data are provisional and subject to revision until they have been thoroughly reviewed and received final approval.
| Program Water | Season Cumulative Values | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Abbreviation | Units | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| 02/28/2024 to 11/05/2024 | 02/28/2023 to 11/03/2023 | 02/28/2022 to 10/31/2022 | 02/28/2021 to 10/30/2021 | 03/01/2020 to 10/31/2020 | 04/01/2019 to 10/30/2019 | |||
| At Wabuska Gage | PWwab | ac-ft | 18,329.8 | 34,023.7 | 2,232.2 | 735.0 | 267.0 | 15,906.0 |
| Inflow to Weber Reservoir | PWwebin | ac-ft | 16,685.3 | 33,395.1 | 1,620.5 | 470.1 | 193.8 | 14,418.3 |
| Net loss from Wabuska through Weber Reservoir reach | PWloss | ac-ft | 1,652.6 | 726.3 | 632.5 | 265.2 | 72.4 | 1,495.8 |
| Released from Weber Reservoir | PWwebout | ac-ft | 16,677.1 | 33,297.4 | 1,601.9 | 468.5 | 194.6 | 14,408.9 |
| At Little Dam Gage | PWld | ac-ft | 16,662.1 | 32,221.8 | 1,469.3 | 454.7 | 175.5 | 14,045.8 |
| At Walker Lake | PWmouth | ac-ft | 14,676.7 | 30,320.0 | 162.2 | 171.2 | 141.0 | 13,873.7 |
| PW at Little Dam that enters Walker Lake | % | 91 | 94 | 10 | 40 | 80 | 100 | |
| PW at Wabuska gage that reaches Walker Lake | % | 80 | 89 | 7 | 23 | 53 | 87 | |
To-date Total Program Water Delivered to Walker Lake (2019-present): 59,344.89 acre-ft
Program Water Types and Delivery
Decree Program Water: Decreed surface water, permanently approved for instream conveyance in Walker River to Walker Lake for wildlife purposes.
Temporary Decree Program Water: Decreed surface water, approved by temporary order for instream conveyance in Walker River to Walker Lake for wildlife purposes.
WRID Storage Leasing Program Water: Storage water that was enrolled in the WRID Storage Leasing Program, approved for instream conveyance in Walker River to Walker Lake for wildlife purposes.
Total Program Water: The accumulation of the Decree Program Water, Temporary Decree Program Water, and WRID Storage Leasing Program Water, which is approved for instream conveyance in Walker River to Walker Lake for wildlife purposes.