Show WARNING ISSUED to SEVIER WATER USERS BY STATE bo be careful to avoid shortage says state engineer careful use must be made of the water on the sevier river system it if a serious shortage Is to be avoided this year R E caldwell state engineer said following a meeting with bruce mcbride water commissioner for the sevier river mr mcbride together with J cecil alter meteorologist in charge of the fhe salt sall lake weather bureau recen recently ly took snow measurements on the watersheds ter sheds the runoff run off is going to be light mr caldwell said and tile the users must m curtail reasonably reason reasonably abl y in their own interests it is estimated that there will be acre feet in ih the otter creek reservoir april 1 or the same amount as last year the supply in the reservoir will benonly acre feet april 1 this year according to present estimate as against acre feet april 1 1923 the estimate tor for the sevier river bridge reservoir april I 1 is acre feet april 1 last year there were acre feet in the reservoir the reservoir which holds acre feet would have been full april 1 1923 but part of the waier wafer was released during the win ter to make room tor for the spring aprin 9 runoff run off the snow measurement at pan duitch lake was six inches march 1 and twelve inches march 21 at clear creek divide there was only a trace of snow march 1 on march 23 there was twelve inches the snow stake at clear creek near fish creek registered eighteen inches mach 1 and twenty tour four inches march 21 snow at the ranger station on the divide between ephraim and emery march 1 had a water content of 73 inches while the snow had reached rea cled greater depth at present the moisture content is unchanged there is about eight inches of snow on mammoth creek at the head of the sevier luckily the heavy snowfalls snowballs snow falls end of last week have caused a change for the better and the farmers are looking forward to next summer with more confidence |