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Show It Looks Like A Repeat Performance Of Last Two Years Of Record Snowfall By GARY R. BLODGETT GREAT SALT LAKE -- What could be worse than two near-record high wet seasons coming back to back? The answer: three record-high seasons. AND THAT'S just what it's turning out to be. Only two weeks into the 1984-85 water-year, the Salt Lake Valley is off to a booming start -just like it did the past two water-years. First, there were several days of heavy rain to kickoff the new water-year which began Oct. I. Then, who needs to tell you about the record-high snowfall that plastered the Wasatch Front last Wednesday night and Thursday morning. At deadline, more snow had failed over the weekend and rain and snow were predicted pre-dicted for the remainder of the month. EARLY snowfall in the mountains - and two to three feet were reported at various locations saturates the ground early and provides for early runoff of rain and snowfall that comes later. At the same time, storage reservoirs which j serve the Weber River drainages have an esti- ' mated 488.000 acre-feet as of the first of October. Octo-ber. Five of the seven reservoirs range between 75 and 98 percent of capacity (filled) and those serving Davis County are 83 percent of capacity, capac-ity, according to the Weber Basin Water Conservancy Con-servancy District. SOMETIME, this water mus', be released to make room for next spring's runoff. Keith Jensen, Jen-sen, district manager, said the board will make a decision soon whether to hold the water until mid-winter or begin releasing the water immediately. im-mediately. When released, it will go directly into Great Salt Lake - along with other winter runoff. AND IT WILL be there when the spring ; runoff hits next May. Let's hope it's not j another record-high runoff. Great Salt Lake won't be able to take it! . ! |