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Show WA TER SUPPLY OUTLOOK Reservoir storage in Sourthern Utah Is near capacity ca-pacity giving expectations of a good water outlook. Seasonal precipiatation a-mounts a-mounts have been somewhat dispersed with the headwater head-water reaches of the Sevier Se-vier River Basin , upstream up-stream from Piute Reservoir, Reser-voir, generally receiving between 50 and 80 of the 15 -year (1958-72) average. This compares with values from 100 to 140 for most watersheds north of Piute Reservoir, including Clear Creek and San Pitch drainages. drain-ages. Unusually high streamflow was experienced during Marc with local flow, Sigurd -Gunnison, 30,000 acre-feet, 400 of average. This compares com-pares to an October thru March flow of 84,300 acre-feet acre-feet and 210 of average. Residual April thru September Sep-tember flows are expected to be significantly lower percentagewise. per-centagewise. April -September flow is expected to be 35,000 acre-feet, 110, foi local inflow Sigurd-Gunnison and 22,000 acre-feet, 96 for flow at Beaver River near Beaver. |