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Show Water Supply toBe toBe to Be 4090Per 4090Per 40-90 40 90 - Per Cent Normals NormalWater Normal Water supply tor for the 1940 irri irrigation IrrIgation Irr ! ' gatlon gation season will ww w1i1 . , b be ( 40 f ( ) to 90 per pei percent peicent ( .r r . cent of normal f for ( > r Utah tltah commun communI communlUes communitles I Itles lUes according to re reports Orts compU cornpll compUI compUI'd cornplled ' ' ed I'd Id this tlWi thjs week by State Engineer T TH TH ' I H Humpherys ifumpherys I IAccumulated ifumpherysAccumulated Accumulated p precipitation ipitat1on rt re reports r ' < ports from 1mm October 1 i9 1939 tQ to " . May Ma y 1 1940 sh show w from SO 50 O to ' f5 l5 5 per cent ceni centor ceniof cerof t or of normal for Iron Oarfleld Garfield Kanl Kane KaneSan KaniSan ' > San Juan Duchesne and part of ofBeaver ol olBeaver < if Beaver counties COl1ntlt'I COl1ntltI ' ' West Beaver maver Emery Em Empry Emcry pry ery and Wayne conn counties ties have rt re ' received recelved , , ceived only 25 to 50 per cent of oi oincrmal cnormal ' 'lcnnal lcnnal ncrmal ' precipitation prpclpltatlon for the per period peiiod peiiodCarbon IIOd IIOdCarbon iod iodCarbon Carbon county In the ScoCield Scofield ScoCieldarea Scofieldarea j area lias has received from 75 to 100 lot 100I lotper o while whUe the cen con cenI central contral cenral I per : > er cent of normal norial , . I -ral ral tral - part of the < 2he he fiounty iounty unty received received'only receivedonly only 'only ' 25 to 50 per cent centPrecipitation I Precipitation reports from 3d 3o 30 ) U US . , Q S weather bureau stations how ehow ehowI howa , for most of ofthe ofbe normal rainfall , a I near n'ar nar ( ' the be state for AprlJThe AprilThe April AprlJ AprilThe The runoff of the Price river for forthe forhe tothe the he season is expected to be 60 to 75 15 per cent of normal while whlle Cot Cottonwood Cotonwood tonwood onwood creek in Emery count county countynd ) : ' I Iand and ( nd the Beaver river reports are ar80 80 10 to 90 per cent of normalThe normalThe normal normalThe The Scofleld Scofield reservoir will have havesumclent haveufficient havsufficient , sumclent ufficient water in 10 storage by the thend . , ; end nd of the month to take care of ofI ofhe ! tostlnsates to toestimates t I the he season seasons s needs according accordlng < estimates stlnsates and a maximum maxlmum of oC 20 000 00 > 0001to to 0 25 000 acre feet of oC water is 15 expected cxected ex cx expected 0001 . pected , ected to be reached at Moon Lake Lakereservoir Lakeaservoir reservoir aservoir during May Rocky Forde.servolr Ford I . reservoir e.servolr eservolr . supplying Beaver countyS county I Iis la is S only halt halC half full at present but anIddition an anI anaddition ai aiaddition I thousan thousand thousandacre thousandcrc < addition Iddition of five to eight e1ght acre crc feet teet is 111 anticipatedTotal anticipated I ITotal Total storage of the 14 prtnclpa principal principalI principalreservolrll princIpaleservolrs prtnclpareservoirs I reservoirs reservolrll eservolrs of the state on May l 1 1I 1was 1ras lwas I was ras 1,515 1515 1,515300 1515300 , , , 300 acre feet Ceet compared comparedvtth compam I Iwith with vtth 1,852600 1852600 1.852600 . , , for 1939 and 1610 1810 I 800 00 tor Cor for 1938 , , , which was Willi about normal noral nor normal 1 mal al storage - - - |