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<br />April 1 in the northern and central parts of the state and near March 1 in the e <br />southern part of the state. A map of the April 1 snowpack for the western states is <br />attached. <br /> <br />The runoff this year is expected to be low, The soil moisture levels are <br />somewhat better than last year. <br /> <br />Statewide reservoir storage is down 19% compared to last year. This <br />amounts to approximated 640,000 acre-feet. The reservoirs in northern Utah are <br />down from where they were last year and have just enough carryover storage to <br />make it through this season. The reservoirs in southwest Utah have less than half <br />as much storage in them as last year. This area has the lowest projected water <br />supply. There are no large reservoirs in southeast Utah and the few reservoirs that <br />are there do not have much storage in them, This will make it one of the harder hit <br />areas of the state. <br /> <br />A recent study by the Division of Water Resources estimated the average <br />annual increase in runoff due to cloud seeding to be about 250,000 acre-feet (13 <br />percent) for projects seeded during the 1999-2000 season. The estimated cost of <br />the water developed was about one dollar per acre-foot. e <br /> <br />The Division of Water Resources has a web site that includes the cloud <br />seeding program. The web address for the Division of Water Resources is <br />http://water.utah.gov/.Click Planning, and then Cloud Seeding or use the direct <br />web address: http://water.utah.gov/planning/CLDSEED/. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Page 2 <br />