OCR Text |
Show DEER CREEK NEARS FULL CAPACITY According to present indications reported at a meeting of the Provo River Water Users Association last Friday, Deer Creek reservoir is twice as full as the previous year. They also reported t,hat it is within 70 percent of its full capacity. capac-ity. The reason for this heavy water storage is the heavy diversion "of Weber river watershed water to the reservoir. This reservoir serves the farmers of Utah county and the Geneva Steel company plant. The project is designed to impound im-pound 150,000 acre feet of water, 100,000 of which is of beneficial use. This year's expected yield is 70,000 feet. Additional water will become available to the users with the completion of the Duchesne tunnel, it was reported. |