Show STORAGE W WATER ATE R Washington Washington Available Available water for the 1969 growing season was generally very good in Utah and most other western states with Utah enjoying average above-average over carry-over storage water going into 1970 Sen Wallace F. F Bennett Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett Utah R-Utah reported today Water is the life Ufe blood and the key to developing the economic potential of our part of the country Sen Bennett stated lit therefore he this in information information information in- in formation compiled by the Interior Departments Department's Bureau of Reclamation is very encouraging aging All irrigation projects in inthe inthe inthe the Great Salt Lake Basin had hadan hadan hadan an excellent water supply year and essentially all reservoirs have better than average supply water going into 1970 he said Moon Lake and Reservoirs Re Reservoirs Reservoirs Re- Re have 1 low o w storage levels due to use of their water for irrigating but their outlooks remain good Sen Bennett continued II All projects in the upper Colorado River Basin in n Wyoming Utah and Colorado have aver above age over carry-over storage for the 1970 season except for the Eden Project in Wyoming He noted that storage in Lake Powell behind Glen Canyon Danon D Dan Danon on the Utah Arizona border reached a record high of feet acre-feet on July 21 In addition active storage in the Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs was feet acre-feet on September 30 |