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'OO'!""- .,\'ouJ Boise, Idal)o: The forecast for runoff from the entire Columbia River Basin indicate~ a slightly below normal water sUPp1JI largely because of a lack of fall rains. }o'orecnst for the Snake River Basin in Idaho, ..mich covers the Boise and Minidoka projects, indicates that above-normal runofr is to be expected. The run- off for tlle Owyhee project in Oregon, ho.....ever, is expected to be only about 68 percent of nonnal. The foreca.st for Umatilla, Vale and Deschutes projects in Oregon indicates that normal water supplies are to be expected. The Yakima and Okanogan projects in Washington arc expected to have subnormal .....ater supplies. Socrmner.to, California: TIle runoff to Shasta reservllir 1n California 1s expected to be above normal for the remainder of the season, but the runoff to Friant Dam end other streams 1n the San Joaquin Basin is expected to be below nornal. Boulder Ci ty, Nevada 1 Runoff of the Colorado River to Hoover Dam is forecast at about 60 percent of nonunl. In contrast \lith an April_luly runoff a.t Grand Canyon of over 14 million acre-feet last year, the regional forecast for the same period tl1is year ranges from less them 4 to slightly over 5 million feet. HOlJ- ever, the amount of water in Lake Mead, the world's largest artificial reservoir, 1s adequate to meet all demands. The nmoff for the Salt River project in Arizona is expected to be very 10\1. However, storago in Salt P~ver project reservoirs is above normal and project wter sup?11es are adequate, althoagh other irrigated areas in the State can expect much bcloy normal water supplies. Salt Lake City, Utah: TIle runoff to projects 1n Utah and Nevada will be much les3 this year then it ~~s la~t year when floods vere experienced in many areas. Hold-over storage is above average, but runoff to projects will generally be sub- nonnal and t.'1erc m::.y be water shortages 1n some areas. Amarillo, Texas: and the Carlsbad, Rio be much below normal. The water supply for the W. C. Austin project in Oklahoma Grande and Tucuncari projects in New Mexico is expected to In all cases the outlook for water is poor. Billings, Montana: While tile outlook for vater in the Missouri Basin is generall7 below normal this year, the water supply for most Bureau projects is adequate. An exception is the supply of the Belle Fourche project in South Dakota \.:hcrc ilie unount of wnter stor(.--a. in Belle Fourche reservoir is considerably less than normal. The amount of vater stored in Buffalo Bill reservoir in the Shoshone project in ~yoming is below normal. The prospect for vater supplies, however, is considered tc be adequate for project demands. Denver, Colorado: The fall end winter have been wurm, very dry and unus'lally Yindy. March precipitation and snow 'l.'ere below normal and streamflo.... forecasts hcve been lowered. However, ~old-over storage is good and general prospects are for un adequ::l.te irrigation water supply. The only project where there appears to be uny likelihood of a shortage is the North Platte project. Lr..oth(;r yenr of unusual dcrnand like last year might result in water ::-eq1.lirementf: exceeding the supply that is nvaileble. x x x P.N, 39281 2