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Show State's States ' Water Wdter W dter Supply SupplyReported SupplyReported SupplyReported Reported Under Normal NormalThe The water supply over the state stateso stateso stateso so far tllS tl ti is sear 3 ear has averaged , from from40 40 to 100 per cent of normal m in mnatural innatural innatural natural stream flow and about 9U 9Uper 9uper 9Uper per cent of that for the same sameperiod sameperiod penod period last year a report issued issuedWednesday issuedWednesday issuedWednesday Wednesday by State Engineer Engmeer T TH TH TH H Humpherys showsThe showsThe shows showsThe The report Is based on mfonna lnforma mfonnatlOn lnformation information tlOn tion . received fromater from \ water \\ater ater commlS commis commiss commlSs s oners and other cooperative cooJerative ; ob observers observers observers servers throughout the stateImgated state stateImgited Imgited Img'lted Imglted Imgated ' crops are about 15 per percent percent percent cent belo belov v those of list hst last year and andabout andabout andabout about 20 per cent belo \ i \ a nOlmal noimal nOlmalyear noimalyear noimalyear year according accordmg to the reportOn report reportOn On July 1 the principal prmclpal reservoirs reservoirsof of the state contained 472 472000 000 acre acrefeet acrefeet feet less storage \ watel water \ atel than at the thesame thesame thesame same time last year Ho Hovever Hoever -ever ever vever . - it itIt itit Itit It is expected an ample amjle ; supply wi11 will wi11be willbe willbe be available avalJable to finish out the sea season season season son in all aU but Moon Mool1 lake and Echo EchoreservOIrs Echoreservoirs Echoreservoirs reservOIrs neither of " , which hleh 'M M 'Mfilled w " ' wasfilled as asfilled filled at the start of the sea seasonThe season seasonThe son sonThe The unusually unusua11y he heavy a ' y draft on onstorage onstorage onstorage storage ' " water ater throughout the state stateIs stateis stateis Is credited to abnormally h1gh high h1ghtemporatures hightemperatures hightemperatures temporatures temperatures and lack of preclpl precrpi preclpltatlon precrpitation precipitatlon tatlon tation reducing reductng po poaiblli po"lbiU polbiU possrbili " aiblli les ies of ofholdover ofholdover ofholdover holdover storage for next seasonStream seasonStream season seasonStream Stream flow fiow for Beaver S'll1pete Sll1pete Sanpete S'll1peteMi11ard SanpeteMillard SinpeteMillard ' Mi11ard Millard and Carbon counties Is Islarger islarger islarger larger than a year ago and EO 80 to to90 90 per cent of an average aerage aserage averageearaccording , sear searaccording \ , \earaccording earaccording ear earaccordmg accordmg according to the tre report Streams Streamsof of other CQun counties ties are 75 to 90 Jer per Jercent percent : percent cent of a year ago and generalfy generally generalfyabout generallyabout generallyabout about 60 per cent of normal nonnal Iroll Iron Irollcounty Ironcounty Ironcounty county stream flow fiow dropped as asto asto 10 to v as 40 per cent of nonnalLack normalLack normal nonnal normalLack Lack of precipitation accom accompamed accompanned accompanied pamed panned by high temperatures and andsevere andsevere andsevere severe attacks by pests Jests : are can con cantnbutmg contributmg contnbuting tnbutmg tributmg factors toward to\\ard to ard \ lowered loweredcrop loweredcrop loweredcrop crop yields yieJds of peas tomatoes and andbeets andbeets andbeets beets the report states Lack of ofater ofw ofwater \\ater ater w \ ater is affecting affectmg some areas which whichdepend whichdepend whichdepend depend solely on stream flow fiow fiowSixty flowSixty flowSixty Sixty to 70 per cent of normal normalcrops normalcrops normalcrops crops are expected eXtJectE'd eXtJectEd ' in Rich UIntah UIntahWa'l UintahWasgtclr UlntahWasatch Wa'l Wal Wasgtclr ' tch and Utah countieshUe counties \\hUe hUe while \ while80 80 to 100 per cent crops crojs : are antlci antici antlcipated anticipated antlclpated pated in Cache Boxelder BoxeIder Weber WeberDavis WeberDavis WeberDavis Davis Salt Lake Duchesne San Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete pete Sevier Beaver and MUlard Millard MUlardCQunties Millardcounties MUlardcounties CQunties counties |