Seattle got dark and rainy again. Do we still need to conserve water?

For two months, Seattle officials have been asking the public to curtail its water use, even as autumn storms have been refilling the city’s reservoirs in the Washington Cascades.

Seattle Public Utilities officials said they expect to keep asking for their customers’ help conserving water through late November, the Seattle area’s rainiest month.

Why do the calls for conservation continue despite the return of the rains?