Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-08 | Page 12 | Water Supplies Sufficient in '44, Says Report

Wafer Water Supplies Sufficient in 44 Says Report Conservation Urged To Protect Utah Against Dry Years Utah precipitation is unevenly distributed this year but quite satisfactory for irrigation water supplies and Salt Lake City watersheds watersheds wa wa- a- a will yield 90 to 95 per percent percent percent cent as much as in 1943 the 1944 water supply forecast and cooperative cooperative coop coop- snow survey compiled by George D. D Clyde irrigation engineer engineer engineer en en- en- en of the Utah agricultural experiment station stated Satur Satur- day Precipitation has been relatively relative- relative ly y much heavier in the valleys than han on the mountains and heay- heay lest est storms have occurred in the southern par part of the state The general picture shows water supplies sup sup- plies are least east favorable in the north becoming better toward the south and east parts of the state The irrigation division of the soil conservation service state engineers engineer's engineers engineer's engineers engineer's en en- en- en off office e U. U S. S weather bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau forest service p park rk service and geological survey cooperated in n making the report based on surveys cond conducted between March 28 and April 1 In n spite of the quite satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory tory outlook for irrigation supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies water conservation should be je practiced by all users the report report report re re- re- re port stated Deer Creek reservoir contained acre feet on April 1 1944 according to the survey and this will aid materially in overcoming the effects of a deficient snow covering cov coy ering in the area Mr Clyde added There are at present feet acre-feet of water in Utah lake and th the light snow cover will re reduce reduce reduce re- re duce materially the amount of water a available for storage in in Utah lake and Deer creek Dr Clyde wrote Regardless of the spring runoff however there is sufficient water in Utah lake now to provide a full irrigation water supply during the 1944 season Rigid conservation should be practiced practiced practiced so that a reserve reserve may be built up in the l lake ke to protect ct t users against future dry years