Show irrigation WATER SUPPLY BELOW N ORMAL NORMAL the water supply for the 1940 ir season for utah communities will be from 40 to 90 per cent normal according to reports compiled this week by state engineer T H humpherys accumulated precipitation reports from october 1 1939 to may 1 1940 show from 50 to 75 per cent of normal for iron garfield kane san juan duchesne and part of beaver counties west beaver wayne and emery counties have received only 25 to 50 per cent of normal precipitation pi tation for the period carbon county in the scofield area received from 75 to per cent of normal while the I 1 central portion of the county received only 25 to 50 per cent precipitation reports from 30 U S weather bureau stations show a near normal rainfall for most of the state for april the runoff of the price river tor for the season is expected to be 60 to 75 per cent of normal while cotton wood creek in emery C county and the beaver river runoff reports are 80 to go 90 per cent of normal coal creek in iron county is expected to reach only 45 to 60 per cent rocky ford reservoir supplying county is only half full at present but an addition of five to eight thousand acre feet is anticipated total storage for the 14 principal reservoirs of the state on may 1 was acre feet compared with for 1939 and I 1 for storage 1938 which was about normal |