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Show Irrigation Water Outlook Favorable Here Irrigation water forecasts for Utah county this summer are favorable thus far in spite of drouth conditions existing In southern Utah, S. R. Boswell, county agricultural agent, said this week. A snow survey and irrigation water forecast report for Utah, received by Mr. Boswell this week indicates that there is more water stored in the Deer Creek and Strawberry reservoirs than average, aver-age, insuring a good water supply for ' irrigation purposes this summer. sum-mer. The Deer Creek reservoir on April 1 had 86 per cent of its capacity, which is lower than last year's content, but still above average, aver-age, the report indicated. The period per-iod still remains when it may be filled. As elsewhere on the northern Utah watersheds, snow surveys for Provo river indicate above average streamflow, but while the liigh elevation snows are within 10 per cent of what they were a year ago, lower elevation snows ire as much as 30 to 40 per cent less than last year. The Strawberry reservoir had 22,030 acre feet on April 1, more than the same time last year. Most of the water in the reservoir reser-voir is carry-over from the 1950 irrigation season, the report indicates. indi-cates. It is the largest amount stored on this date for the past 27 years. Snow cover on the drainage basin of the Strawberry reservoir is also about normal as compared to the past 10 years average. Storage in Utah Lake as of Apr. 1 was 86 per cent of its capacity, which is 139 per cent of the 1940-49 1940-49 10-year average for this date. The drainage in the American Fork river, Spanish Fork river, Hobble Creek, Payson Creek and Santaquin Creek is sxpected to be slightly above normal, while considerably con-siderably below last year. The report was issued by the division of irrigation, soil conservation conser-vation service of the United States department of agriculture, and the Utah agricultural experiment station sta-tion in cooperation with the U. S. forest service, the U. S. geological survey, the U. S. national park service and the state engineer of Utah. |