Show WATER CRISIS FEAR REAR IS TOLD IN INSTATE INSTATE STATE REPORT Acre Feet Less t Than in 1934 Says Engineer A bleak picture of the he water storage stor stor- age situation n Utah was painted Saturday by State tc Engineer T. T H H. Humpherys f. f when his bis first report of the thc year ear showed feet acre j less water on December 31 than on onIt ony It y f December 31 31 1934 Utah's drouth J year Mr Humpherys s 's said it augured j I t ta crisis for the summer irrigating 4 season unless considerable moisture J ri Is provided during the next few it months He pointed out however that it is early in the season anc and j that if conditions of the last week ui r f or 10 days das continue the situation I i will be Immeasurably eased Northern Utah is harder hit than Is the southern part of the thc state Bear and Utah lakes being greatly I below last years year's levels eves Citing a report by B. B F. F Lofgren Mr Humpherys said Utah lake contains con con- thins feet acre-feet compared with December 31 1934 in 1933 in 1932 1087 Feet Below r Utah lake December 31 stood at t I 1087 OS feet below the compromise level Jevel the point at which the the- pumps at the Jordan narrows can be operated operated operated oper oper- efficiently In 1934 the amount 1 below the compromise level was 10 feet and in 1933 feet The in inflow inflow inflow in- in I flow during December was vas measured meas mens- tired at feet acre-feet compared with feet during December 1934 and a time long-time December average average av av- as' as of ot Danger Seen en enDanger Danger of a desperate plight so o far tar as Bear lake is concerned is heen seen in the fact that on December t 31 it contained no water that could be drained for irrigation whereas at this time during the drouth year ear of 1934 it had feet acre available available available avail avail- able in 1933 and in 1932 During the drouth crisis last year thousands of acres of beets were saved by using Bear lake water but should such a condition I arise next year these farmers would be in dire circumstances unless the lake cons considerable storage during the spring Mr pointed out Utah lake is a a. vital unit in the irrigation s system of the Salt Lake e earea area it serving beet fields and orChards orchards or or- and most important of all is drawn on by Salt Lg Lake e Cit City in t exchange for tor culinary water from creek Deprived ed of wa- wa raer jer er from the lake the dt city would be Unable to obtain culinary water thorn from the creek 1 I Status Shown 1 t The status of other Utah reserVoir reservoirs reser reser- Voir now and In former years is shown shO in the following table w It Dee Dr 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 11 l 1835 1035 35 1934 1931 1933 1932 Ea East t canyon 2430 2450 Echo Jodo tho s 1 Gunnison on None No rec ree No io rec ftc Otter creek Plute Rocky Ford No rec bridge None NOlie No rec No rec nc II |