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Show Area faces poor outlook on water supply The water supply outlook . remains "ipoor" for southwest , em Utah, according to a report re-port issued this week by the combined agencies of the U.S. " Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, and , the Utah State Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights. ' , ; Snow cover Is only 50 to 60 f percent of the May 1 average. Medium and lower elwations . are bare, the report Indicates. April precipitation was be:ow average at all stations except Yankee Reservoir which mea- sured 108 percent of the 15 year average for the month. ' The report further indicated lhat reservoir storage in. Lake Powell was 13,224,000 acre feet ri May 1. Last year It held 12,511,000 acre feet on the same date. ,r ' Streamflow. forecasts . now range from 43 percent of av. ' erage on the Santa Clara for the May-June period to 86 per- cent for the lnw : to Lake Powell- during, the April-July period. Virgin River is fore- " cast to flow 10,000 acre feet, . 45 percent, during the May- June period and Coal Creek is expected to produce only 5,000 acre ifeet, 46 percent, during 11 the May-July priod. As a result, the report concludes, con-cludes, water supply shortages short-ages are expected in this area by mid-summer. ''!- - |