| Show I Colorado River I Runoff Forecast Averts Crisis Bureau of Reclamation offic- offic officials report that the runoff fore cast for the Upper Colorado River for April through July will be between 10 million and 11 million feet acre according to the office of Senator Wallace F Bennett Bureau of Reclamation figur es indicate a forecast of 10 feet acre Soil Conserva lion tion Service figures show 10 feet acre t and Weather Bureau prediction are feet acre A YEAR AGO at this time the median forecast for the July April runoff of the Cole Colo rado River was 47 million acre feet which caused a storm of controversy when Interior Sec Sec- Secretary stewart L Udall open ed the gates at Lake Powell in order to maintain a power head at Lake Mead The figures from the three agencies assume that the pre for each month April May June and July are are- aver age Officials said that the tot al 11 Is not likely to go below 9 9 feet acre however THE BUREAU of tion plans to make another snow survey In May providing add information for The prediction in Feb was 96 million feet acre and 9 feet acre in March March- The increase Indicated by the latest figures should provide enough water for most of the Upper Basin reservoirs A spokesman for Senator Bennett said that this will be cheering news to the Upper Basin since there seems to be enough water for most of the reservoirs and although we still may be short because of the runoff and the opening of Glen Canyon a year ago it appears that the crisis on the Colorado of 1964 will be averted this time |
