Show state engineer makes statement A STATEMENT OF PROBABLE WATER walek SUPPLY OF UTAH STREAMS FOR SEASON OF 1935 APRIL 1 I 1933 1935 by T 11 II utah state engineer the year of 1934 was the driest of which wo we have any definite deti nite record cecora we ve went into the fall and winter there fore ore with nil all the larger st streams str cams reanis re laced to a how flow the creeks and springs for the most part were cither dry or reduced to mere seeps and tilla ground both in ili the valleys and in the was almost divested of moisture the precipitation november 1 1034 1934 to april 1 1135 for the state as a ft hole has been reported by the lie er cr bureau as beill being about normal with deficiencies and excesses however in vertain certain sections of the state except therefore for the unprecedented dry condition of the soil the water supply for 1031 1934 might reasonably have been expect expected to be about equal to that of 1033 1933 which was sufficient ivy by careful me to mature most crops ks s we enter upon april of this year it from the data eath cred considered in the I 1 light ht of a tour made over the entire state for the purpose of observation and study that the flow cover has about disappeared from the south and west slopes of the lower elevations of the water sheds with avith no result resulting iniz appreciable rise in flow which means of murse course that hat the ground has aw absorbed orbed mot it if not all of the water the ground 1 is still comparatively dry in the valleys north of salt lake it is moist for a depth varying from 19 1 to 21 2 south fouth of salt leake however it is more nearly 5 to 8 with but 3 to 4 in depth in the uintah basin the ground on the water shed lower ele continued on page three |