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Show Prospects for Water Supply from Am. Fork Canyon Are Excellent Prospects for an adequate water supply for water users who depend de-pend on the flow from American Fork canyon were rather on the bright side according to figures released re-leased April 1. As reported by Forest For-est Ranger Wallace Saling and Timpanogos Cave Superintendent Thomas A. Walker, water content of the snow coverage is considerably consider-ably above average. "Snow courses in American Fork Canyon received approximately one foot of snow during March, and most measurements are well above normal. The low elevation snow courses are considerably above average and the lower layers lay-ers of snow are solidly packed," the report stated. Courses and their measurements are as follows: Timpanogos Divide 106 percent of average; Altamount 102 percent; South Fork, 141 percent per-cent and Timpanogos Cave, 225 percent. Mr. Saling stated that two factors fac-tors have contributed to the danger dang-er of floods in the Canyon when the Spring runoff begins. The abnormally ab-normally cold weather during March has retarded the customary early runoff to near zero. The recent "salt storm" deposited a thin layer of salt on the snow surface throughout the entire watershed. wat-ershed. This has caused the upper layers of snow to become mushy; and will accelerate the melting of the snow just as soon as warm days return. "It all depends upon the way the weather breaks," Mr. Saling said. |