Show Serious Danger of Water Wafer Shortage Revealed by Tests in COALVILLE COALVILLE- Northern Utah Ulah may face lace a I severe water shortage In 1963 If It now enow snow and rainfall continue along present resent trends In key watersheds This was the assessment of Moroni Marchant conservationist conservation conservatIon- 1st Soil Soli Conservation Service who took snow and water content measurements Thursday a at two key northern Utah drainage areas Measurements revealed time all lows I Soapstone Ranger Station readings readings read road ings at the head of Provo River nIver showed 38 inches of snow with 5 Inches of water Last year there were approximately 30 Inches inches in In- ches chee of ot snow with 66 inches of ot water I Previous time all low at Soapstone Soap Soap- I stono stone was Inch 8 of ot water recorded recorded re reo corded In 1960 Fifteen Inches of ot snow enow with 27 Inches of ot water VM was va recorded on Trial L Lake ke above Kamas Cast tast year 50 Inches of enow snow with I Inches of water was recorded I there I time Long water averages over averages over overa a year 15 period are period are 53 Inches I at Soapstone and Inches at atTrial atTrial atTrial Trial Lake Far Below Need If U we have a normal year from I here on out well we'll pick up 12 inches in I ches more for a total of This would be 30 per cent less lese I than we wo need said Mr Marchant Mar Mar- chant And If It we continue to get a alight alight alight light winter I dont don't know what will happen Both areas ar are aru key courses and Indicate conditions throughout through through- out the entire watersheds watershed The Bear Weber and Provo rivers rivel'S run through the watersheds which provide culinary Industrial and Irrigation water for Utah's population population lation centers T Thursdays Ii h u r s d days day's a ys y's measurements showed only a trend Mr Marchant Marchant MarI Mar Mar- I chant pointed out but at t present present present pres pres- ent they indicated a rather Sovere severe severe se So- vere shortage e of water Accompanying Mr Marchant was Jack Young Heber conser con- con sen ser engineer |