From the Summit County Citizens Voice (Bob Berwyn):

Blue River water commissioner Scott Hummer said for the first time ever, a call was placed on Cataract Creek, near Heeney. Some streams are flowing at levels lower than during the historic 2002 drought — and lower than any of the long-time ranching families can remember, going back four or five generations. “It’s not producing enough water to for the most senior water rights holder,” Hummer said of Cataract Creek…

Back in July, Hummer said local streams were headed for record-low levels, but late in the month, steady monsoon rains helped sustain flows through the end of August.But now, all streams in the Blue River Basin are flowing well below their historic averages…

Hummer also reported low flows from the other end of the county, where Tenmile Creek was flowing at 24 cubic feet per second Wednesday morning, well below the 56-year median flow of 42 cfs for this date. The record low flow for Aug. 7 is 17 cfs, set in 1977. Straight Creek was flowing at about 4.5 cfs Wednesday morning, barely above the all-time record low flow of 1.7 cfs, set in 2002.