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RAIN
“Usually our water demands this time of year are somewhere between 12 and 19 million gallons a day,” said Marlowe. “We’ve been seeing demands between six and 11 million gallons a day, so roughly half of what we normally see.” e ashy storms that have brought a lot of water to Plum Creek quickly present challenges as it is damaging the diversion infrastructure along the creek, said Marlowe. e other diversion on the creek has remained in service but is requiring a huge amount of maintenance according to Marlowe because the creek is carrying a lot more sand and sediment than it normally would due to the high ows and debris such as tree stumps and logs. is also a ects the water quality and which in turn increases water treatment costs.
However, there can be too much of a good thing.
Although heavy rain can sometimes be harmful, beauty can result from it. e rains have helped wildowers to bloom and have allowed the wildlife and insects to reap the bene ts.
