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Show Wind and Sun Cause Large Loss In Lake was 37,400 feet- The total 1935 draft is estimated at 77,000 acre feet, while last year It was 96,000 acre feet. In addition to the amount pumped pump-ed directly out of the lake in June, a total of 2,954 acre feet was taken out of the Jordan river. This Is largely seepage water a good part of which can be traced back to Utah lake. This brings the total used for irrigation purposes out of Utah lake-Jordan lake-Jordan river system to 21,994 acre feet- Wind and sun consumed twice ai much Utah lake water in June as all the irrigators, it was shown in a report submitted Saturday tc State Engineer T. H. Humpherys by B. F. Lo.'gren, Utah lake water com missloner. The amount loss by evaporation was 44,000 acre feet, while only 19,' 040 acre feet were pumped out foi irrigation purposes. It is estimated that about one-fourth of the evaporation evapor-ation loss eould have been prevented prevent-ed if the lake was diked. The lake on June 30 stood at an elevation of 9 4 feet below compromise, compro-mise, and contained approximately 84,000 acre feet available to the water users. On June 1, the elevation eleva-tion was 9.02 feet below compromise, and the total available supply was 104,000 acre feet. The inflow during the month was 43,000 acre feet-While feet-While the total draft last month was 19,040 acre feet, that of June 1934, was only 11,619 acre feet, the reiort shows- The increase this year is due to a greater pumping capacity ca-pacity and the fact that more acres are under cultivation. Last year, because of the extreme drouth, many acres of crops were turned into pasture lands. The new Utah lake pumps have an average capacity of 330 second feet, and one of the old pumps, which was in operation part of the time during June, has a capacity of 40 second feet. The average pumping pump-ing capacity in June last year was about 200 second feet. The probable draft from the lake this year after July 1st is set at 43,-000 43,-000 acre feet, while last year it |
