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Show Adequate water supply continues encouraging percent of average during the April-September period. Spanish Fork River at Thistle is forecast to flow 59,-000 59,-000 acre feet. Measured flow on this stream last year was 8,900 acre feet. The 15 year average is 43,000 acre feet. With snow pack water content con-tent on the various watershed of Utah County and surrounding surround-ing areas ranging from 105 to 163 percent of the 1943-57 average, the outlook for an adequate ad-equate water supply for the area remains encouraging, according ac-cording to Howard Ivory, conservationist. con-servationist. While stream flows look good for the area, the inflow to the major reservoirs will just about equal the expected outflow with little hold over storage left at the end of the irrigation season. sea-son. Strawberry reservoir on March 31 had a total storage of 21.930 acre, feet The fore- cast inflow is 77,000 acre feet, making the amount available during the irrigation season 98,930 acre feet. , Snow surveys completed on or about April 1, by the Soil Conservation service, show that near normal percipitation during dur-ing March has helped continue the trend of near or above normal nor-mal snow packs on our watersheds. water-sheds. " Stream flow forecasts for the 1962 irrigation season, based on the snow, surveys, also show average or above expected flows. Hobble' Creek near Springville Spring-ville is forecast to flow 35,000 acre feet. Measured flow on this stream last year was 3,-100. 3,-100. The 15 year average is 23,700 acre feet. Payson Creek is forecast to flow 11,500 acre feet or 144 |