Show I 1 1908 WILL BE A LOW WATER YEAR the water resources branch of the united states Geog geological ical survey purvey has received reports from various parts of the great bas basin lu district which show that the water supply for the year 1908 will be far below that oi of average year the great basin district includes the tate state of idaho utah and nevada while the runoff run off for 1907 was above above the average the record for the month ot of march 1908 shows little more than halt half he fhe runoff run off when compared with the corresponding month of the previous ibus year tola this statement Is substantiated by y the official records given below for representative streams in the three states this information Is collected by the water resources branch of th the e united states geological survey under the direction of E C la rue hue district engineer sor for idaho utah and nevada spanish fork river at spanish fork utah march march 1907 igo mean discharge per month in second ft total runoff run off per month in acre feet ia 70 bear river at preston idaho mean per month in second ft 2360 1320 I 1 I 1 total runoff run off per month in acre feet bolie bol se river at highland idaho mean discharge 31 per month in second ft bogo total runoff run off on per month I 1 in acre feet feel south Fork Snake river at moran wyoming I 1 mean kli per mouth month in beco second nd ft 73 1 63 98 total runoff run iun off per mouth t in acre feet carson river riva at Empire nev mean discharge vei per month in second f fl t total run ott oft per month in acre feet truckee river at mystic cal meau mean discharge month fn an second ft 2590 I 1 1150 so total runoff run off per month in acre feet 1 |