Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-09-20 | Page 19 | Worse Drouth Warning Voiced

OBE ORSE DROUTH VIII AUNG VOICED 1 ream eam Flow Steadily Drops Engineer Tells Society in A Address dress j g that Utah's great basin tri has experienced far tar worse i tbs than 1 the present one and that many years stream flow has been ping steadily in this region was d ded d by M. M T. T Wilson assistant enIer en en- eer Ier er for the U. U S S. S geological survey re rc f in an address addres before the Utah Ulah tidy y of ot Eng Engineers rs in n the New New- Ils use hotel Wednesday Wednesday night The e basin country and the Pacific J it region ar are arc on the downward e of f a a climatic cycle Mr r. r Wilson I dared ti ed The annual runoff In Big Bigl creek has dropped 41 per pcr pere nt in U in-U tile he e past 28 years measure measure- e ts shOw w- w Weber rivers river's runoff baa di drOPP dropped 43 per cent in 26 years i coast streams show the same 3 the Columbia river flow hay hav- dropped 30 per cent in 54 years here ere Is no indication the bottom tf been reached so these thes indications decreasing water s supply must be been 5 en I into to consideration in planning municipal water supplies con con- ik irrigation projects reser- reser ro cirs hydroelectric plants and in m nfl all in which the water supply i Ithe the controlling factor Mr fr Wilson pointed out that geo geo- lIe gle Indications and re records of ot f lake actuation show the thc maximum part f this climatic cycle oc- oc about 1873 and that a long arid preceded th the cycle Dr Pr T. T C. C Adams society president at the meeting the first of ofIe ofie ie If fall lI season