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Show ff* Chvs ••'.'••• calculation was made for an, almost absurd- condition ^ wh •- '• lie lovest inflow on record from each individual river wag taken , lo~ i'; ,- ith the year ef maximum evaporations Wat or on hand June 1 1D450 thousand acre feet 7atsr flowing in through st c Less water evaporated 641 " " n Less water on :; a: id Speta 1 37? " " ''• Water available 485 w » • » la /.;;. itaer case was the unaccounted inflow., through seepage, springs g ftteQj considered which . for the whole lake amounts to about 410 thousand sere feet ^ or these raonths av^ ra^ e years end about 350 thousand aero feet fox f. e minimum year0 ( b) . Svirtll Fro j act. The proposal contemplates the arocting of ' likes " re;.; South end of Lake to Antelope Island ( 1,100,000 cu„ yde) " iorth end > f Antelope Island to Syracuse Point ( 5* 2 miles long and 5> 5OO8000 cuo yds,) and either a dike or canal to lead the water from the Websr Hirer into the reservoir thus created Bast of Antelope Eslando It is estimated that this project will cost about $ 1^ 000^ 000 Trie bottom is good everywhere and no difficulty is anticipated in dike construct! ona The . area of such a fresh water reservoir would be at elevation •;, 205 about 93,440 acres and the capacity about 620,000 acre feet. At t, he present stage 4198 ft0 elevation the reservoir capacity is about 113s000 acre foot',-., Cdnparable calculations such as are shown for the large project give the follwoing for an average year: ': rater on hand June 1 ' 620 thousand acre Inflow frov. streams during Tune& July and Aug. 146 Total 768 ess water evaporated 193 H 375 " |