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<br />yoars 1925, 1931, and 1934, when hea~J shortagar. would hove re- <br />mained, due to the small Ill:lounts storable in those years. With <br />a more careful u:;e of spring flood wat.ers so as to build up more <br />storage in critical yeers the situation would be correspondingly <br />improved. <br /> <br />With n project eree of 13,000 acras, the scme reser- <br />voir 'would filL or nearly till in 'each of ten yeara. The reser- <br />voir would have been empiied every year. Very ileavy sbortllgee <br />would hnve remained in 1925, 19.31, end 1934, I'Iith Dloderllte <br />shortages in five other years. More careful use of flood waters <br />would bave improved this record. To secure B llatiefactory Gater <br />supply for en area of 13,000 acres, it would be necessary to in- <br />crease reservoir eapecity to about 13,000 acre-feet and add the <br />feeder canale re;uired tor the Beber Reservoir with e cost per <br />acre about the same as for the small or development. <br />The reservoir operations are shown in lIlOre detail in' <br />a table sh.ortly follOwing. <br />Weber Feservoir Oevelopment <br />Located on the mesa between '~8 West and Middle Menaoe <br />Rivers, th.e present GlIlBll Weber Reearvoir cen be enlerged to <br />hold 7,615 e.cre-feet. At thiB cspacity the cost pElr ",ere-foot <br />of capacity is lese then for larger or smaller capacities. Thie <br />water must be supplied by the Midd1.e and East lAancos Rivers, <br /> <br />D <br /> <br />~~u~ <br />