The report, which has profound implications for water managers, gives a detailed review of 1992.

As of last week, water managers were releasing just 23 c.f.s. from Cannonsville, the minimum required during drought emergency.

As a preemptive measure, water managers moved water out of canals.

Precipitation declines combined with booming urban populations will present a significant challenge to Western water managers in the near future.

So, they'll have a new role, as a water manager.

This is a serious concern to water managers in the region, as the glaciers (and the winter snowpack) form a large reservoir of water.

Still, water managers like those in Texas have resisted limiting farmers' water use - and often do not even gauge it.

The water managers will push water in or hold water out according to a computer programmed with decades of data about rainfall and drought.

The system could provide local water managers and civil defense officials with information on the probabilities of flooding or drought, helping them make decisions, he said.

After his football career, Hale was the water manager for Middletown, Connecticut.