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Show UTAH SURVEY SHOWS WATER SUPPLY GOOD Water content of snow cover over the principal "watersheds of Utah is from two to four times as high this year as it was in 1931, according to George D. Clyde, associate irrigation and drainage engineer at the Utah State Agricultural college, who has just completed a survey of the state watersheds. In spite of the dry conditions con-ditions of the ranges, the runoff this year with normal spring temperatures temperatur-es and precipitation should not be less than twice that in 1931 for all watersheds. Following seven dry years, the last being the driest of a 35-year record, the snow cover has again returned to normal, or slightly above normal, Mr. Clyde said. The dry cycle, however, left the watersheds in such a state of depleted ground storage that much of the present snow cover will be absorbed ab-sorbed to restore this depleted ground storage and will not appear directly as runoff, the report showed. The extent to which the runoff this year will be decreased to prime the soil depends largely on the prevailing temperatures during the melting season sea-son and upon the spring rains, Mr. Clyde said. High spring temperatures temperatur-es and an abundance of low snow will be conducive to high early runoff, with high snows maintaining the late season flow. Low spring temperatures temperatur-es will permit a maximum absorption to prime the soil, and thus decrease the spring flood flow. The high snows should in either event furnish a better bet-ter late season supply than has been available for several years. o . |