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Nickels' watershed view: City's supply OK for now
Watershed inspector Don Jolk monitors the snowpack Wednesday in the Cedar River Watershed in East King County. The pole at right holds a measuring device. The snowpack is 10 percent above normal in the watershed, the primary source of Seattle's water. Recent warm rains were a contrast to heavy, early-season snows. But fluctuating snowpack levels have Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and others concerned about climate change and future water supplies.
