For the first time in almost 27 years, the J.B. Thomas Reservoir is more than 40 percent full; increasing from about 1 percent during the course of a week.

Sitting at about 43 percent full Monday, the Thomas Reservoir was at its most full since November of 1987, General Manager for the Colorado River Municipal Water District John Grant.

“I will tell you, with this rain flow event, we’ve captured 84,000 acre feet … that’s about 26.9 billion gallons,” Grant said.

The other two water sources for CRMWD, the E.V. Spence Reservoir and O.H. Ivie, are expected to see increases from the recent rains; with Ivie already gaining 0.45 vertical feet. Spence has not had any reported increases as of Monday, but Grant said that could chance in the next couple of days.

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