Salt Lake City better prepared for flooding than in 1983, mayor insists

SALT LAKE CITY — Saying there's no way to predict exactly what will be in store in regards to possible flooding conditions, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall says the city is in a much better place than when the city flooded four decades ago.

Speaking alongside public utility officials at a briefing Monday in Memory Grove Park, the mayor worked to assure residents that this year's epic snowfall totals won't create similar flooding issues despite Utah's snowpack currently sitting at 229% of normal.First, Little Dell Reservoir was devised and created as a flood control system and water storage facility.

"This was not the case 40 years ago when Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake, at that time, were at historically high levels," said Mendenhall."Today, both lakes have probably a tragic amount of capacity at the Great Salt Lake that can collect the runoff and that means less overall pressure on our upstream portions of the system."

Briefer added that the department is currently releasing water from Little Dell to make additional space available for Parleys Creek runoff, which will take pressure off the city's water management system when peak runoff does occur.

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