Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-09-14 | Page 9 | Piute Reservoir to be Used in Spring

PIUTE RESERVOIR TO BE USED IN SPRING Joseph Jensen, onfrineer in charpe of construction work on the Piuto dam, roportcd yesterday to Caleb Tanner, state- enjnneor, that neat spring more than 25,000 ncrc-fect. of water will bo stored in tho reservoir. Settlers in the Jewish colon v at Marion, Mar-ion, says Mr. Jensen, nrc depending upon water from the reservoir with which to irrigate their ground next eprinj: and summer. BeeniiEC of the fact that tho dam will not be completed sufficiently suf-ficiently onrly to store the high flood waters of the spring, it will be impos-siblc impos-siblc next year to nil tho reservoir to its capacity, which will bo .S0.000 acre-feet. acre-feet. However, it will conic iuto full use for the 191-1 season. I