Show Water Storage Ample e for for S. S. S L. L Despite enduring the eighth driest July in the history of the local weather burau Salt Lake City's water supply is holding up upwell upwell upwell well although ranges throughout the state are suffering The city water department Friday Fri Fri- day revealed that storage at Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain Dell reservoir is 2918 acre feet compared with 2785 a year ago at Twin lakes in Big Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton- Cotton wood canyon acre feet compared compared compared com com- pared with and at Lake Mary in Big Cottonwood compared with State Engineer T T. H H. Humpherys said that up until the past two weeks there was no great loss from drouth in wells throughout the state except in the Upper Bear river valley in Rich county and the Uintah basin However the seriousness of circumstances growing out of the continued dry spell is increasing rapidly and the ranges are suffering most he said Continuation of the dry weather is resulting in an increasing demand demand demand de de- de- de mand to the state for water from w wells to be used in Irrigation Reopening Reopening Re Re- Reopening opening of drouth wells drilled in 1934 and since closed because of ot interference with existing rights has been requested for the first time he said None of the requests thus far ar have been granted but a large number of applications for drilling drilling of new wells have been approved approved I |