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Show v o - Water outlook brighter this year jT than last, say conservationists Lack of precipitation during February and March have dropped drop-ped the outlook for next summers sum-mers water supply in Utah County. Snow surveys completed complet-ed April 1 by the Soil Conservation Conser-vation Service show snow pack accumulations on nearly all snow courses to be below average. av-erage. Measurements vary from 115 percent of average on the lower part of Clear Creek at the head of the Spanish Fork River. Comparing the present situation situa-tion to the same period last year Stan Peterson, snow surveyor sur-veyor said, "With the exception of the Payson Canyon area we are in better shape than we were a year ago." Stream flow forecasts made from snow survey data by the SCS indicate expected stream flows in Utah County varying from 64 to 98 percent of the long time average. One year ago forecast for the same streams ranged from 47 to 75 percent of average. Forecasts are made on the various streams for the flow during the April-September period each year. Accuracy is usually wthin five percent of the actual measured flow. Hobble Creek should flow 13,500 .acre feet or 64 percent of average. Payson Creek should flow 5,100 acre feet or 70 percent of average. Provo River at Hailstone should flow 107,000 acre feet or 98 percent of average. Provo River below Deer Creek Dam should flow 128,000 acre feet. This is 95 percent of the long time average of 135,-000 135,-000 acre feet. The Spanish Fork River near Thistle should flow 32,000 acre feet or 80 percent of average. Inflow into Strawberry Reservoir Res-ervoir is forcast at 47,000 acre feet or 94 percent of average. Last years forecast was for 33,000 acre feet. The 1948-62 average is 50,000 acre feet. Inflow into Utah Lake is forecast at 260,000 acre feet or 92 percent of the 282,000 acre feet average. Last years figure was 176,000 acre feet. |
