| Show WATER FOR FOK MORN MORGAN AND SUMMIT IS 50 TO 75 PER CENT OF NORMAL NORf lIAL utah committees will have from 40 to 90 per cent of normal water supply for the 1940 irrigation season says a report recently compiled by state engineer T H humpherys total precipitation for weber and davis counties range from 50 per cent below to 25 per cent above normal for different areas between th the months of octo october er 1 I 1939 and may 1 1940 the he re port shows summit morgan an and d wg W satch sach counties averaged aver averaged agea 50 to 75 per penh of normal for the period precipitation for the mo month n th of april was about normal for these five counties according to reports of U S weather bureau burau stations located in the areas total storage supply for 14 principal reservoirs of af pf the state was acre feet on may 1 Ws tips amount is acre feet less than the long time normal and acre feet less than was stored at the same time last year east canyon reservoir reached taj maximum capacity may 15 according to the report pine view roser reser voir in ogden canyon will hold sufficient supply to take care of the needs by may 30 and tho echo reservoir is expected to be practically full by the end of the month depending on the temperature it if the runoff is retarded by cool weather it is expected there will be to acre feet of storage water in echo A 60 to 75 per cent of normal runoff for the season is anticipated from the weber and ogden rivers according to the report |
