Vernal Express | 1953-01-29 | Page 10 | Stored Water in Strawberry Exceeds 1952 Section

stored WOO tu iff I 1 S 1 t 14 0 o i in in strawberry I 1 exceeds 1952 va id SPANISH below Y normal i water supply now lying wu on the local watersheds area in contrast to the exceedingly high A adf I 1 cover of last year is reported by ir J jwayne wayne francis water coni CPM t A missioner it V k t 1 however storage water in the f strawberry re Is more than acre feet above what it was last year at this i time made up principally from carryover from the previous seasons lf Y the december gain to the reservoir totaled 2000 aero acre feet i but because water was used out of the reservoir during the full month of october and part of november coupled coupled with the t fact that no prec precipitation citation pi tation was recorded during that hat period the three month reservoir gain was only SO acre sore feet the amount of water available for irrigation this year is acre feet Pim compared to acre feet i de dec c pre 31 1931 1951 the average amount available for irrigation on dec 31 for the past ten years is acre feet 1 snow cover on the t i at and strawberry divide snow cour sesla lower this year than usual water content on the east past portal course Is inches compared with 1127 last year and an art average of on the strawberry course I 1 there are inches of water compared to last yeara years 1693 and a 10 year average 0 of precipitation I 1 I 1 on at spanish fork v was as also I 1 low w this year ear during i 3 in inches ex was mua u ared d compared with last A ye year at and an average of for I 1 th the e three month period oct I 1 to dec 31 there were in ches this year compared with last year and an average of