Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-04 | Page 9 | Utah Lake 'Comes Back' as Water Rises to Double Last Year's Supply for Date

9 Utah Lake Comes Back as Water Rises To Double Last Years Year's Supply for Date Utah lake major irrigation water water wa wa- vater va- va ter supply for Salt Lake valley which has been hard hit b by drouth is making malting an amazing comeback a n report of ot State Engineer T. T 1 H Humpherys indicated Saturday On Juno June 26 it held acre feet teet of water almost exactly double dou dou- blo ble the acre feet available at the same date last year and well above the acre feet measured on June 26 1934 Not only is the lake which the thelast thelast thelast last two years was changed from froma a summer recreation center for boating and swimming into little littlemore littlemore more than a giant in good condition but it is holding j up well weIl Mr Humpherys said So far for this irrigation season acre feet has been with wIth- drawn Heavy rains of two weeks ago poured acre feet teet into the lake while acre feet was diverted from the Weber river through the Komas Kamas ditch into the Provo river which flows Into the lake lak 4