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Show WATER SUPPLY IS EXPECTED TO BE ADEQUATE Snow cover and precipitation on the Provo river and other water- ! sheds emptying into the Utah lake indicate the water supply will be about the same as in 1940, with valley stations recording above normal precipitation and snow cover on the higher reaches 25 per cent below normal. The information is contained in a state-wide report of accumulated precipitation, from October 1, 1940, to April 1, 1941, prepared by State Engineer T. H. Hum-pherys. Hum-pherys. It is based on reports from 4 0 U. S. weather bureau stations, 6 5 cooperative snow courses, and water commissions located on the principal streams of the state. Normal weather conditions during dur-ing the run-off period is expected to result in about the same discharge dis-charge from the Provo and Spanish Span-ish Fork Aver? as in 1940, while the flow of the American Fork creek will be approximately 30 per cent above last year, according to the forecast. Storage in the Strawberry reservoir reser-voir to date is 33,200 acre feet, or about three-fifths as much as last year at the same time. With a normal nor-mal run-off, the maximum storage in Strawberry reservoir this season sea-son is estimated at 52,000 acre feet. Underground water levels in Utah county are generally lower this year than last, due largely to deficient recharge last summer, sum-mer, the report states. Utah lake storage on April 1 was 279,000 acre feet, which is 93,000 acre feet less than was .stored on the same date last year. |