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Show Will Postpone Draining of Yuba Dam Until Sept. 25 "holders of the lower Sevier ... companies have been advis-'' advis-'' this week that the date of draining the Yuba Dam has been stponed from September 1 to September 25. This postponement s due t0 tw0 tnings' one was Tt the water was not being us- 'up fast en0USh this fal1 4121(3 Lre would be too much waste the reservoir was drained Sept. '. and the second reason was that the arrangements for repairing the " have been made and the 'rk can easily be finished in olenty of time this fall. The plan is to place reenforce-ments reenforce-ments in the tunnel and spray the ,teel work with concrete, which can be done fairly rapidly. At the s,me time work will be completed complet-ed on the gates. Even a'fter Sept. 25 there will still be water available to all companies, com-panies, and as there is plenty of water to rent farmers are advised t0 plant and irrigate their fall cops in the regular manner as it js expected there will be water ia the systems until the ground freezes up. There will be some shrinkage in water credits after September 20 which will be figured at that time, so it is advised that the farmers use up al the water they need before be-fore that date. |