Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-08-02
An UNPRECEDENTED
SHORTAGE Of WATER

1t is recognized by water users in
Walker River drainage area that there
is considerable less, water available
for this year as compared with other
years The extent of this difference
is not known to them and was not
known to the writer until some fig
ures were obtained from the Water
Recources Division of the N. S. Geo
logical Survey of the results at the
head of Antelope Valley. Similar
conditions may be inferred to exist as
to the East Walker River. The fig
ures given are less complete than de-
sired, as none for the year 1913 have
been received. Most Of them have
heretofore not been published, are
subject to revision, but may be con-
sidered to be closely approximate.
| In 1916 at the rating station in ques-
ton the maximum flow occurred Oh
June 18th, and amounted on that day
to 1880 Sec. it. During the month
of June, with the exception on seven
4 days, the daily discharge was more
than 1000 Sec. it.
In 1917 the maximum flow ed
again on June 11th, and amounted to
240O second feet. During the entire
month of June, 1917, with the excep-
ton of one day. the daily discharge
varied between 100 and 24O0 second
feet.
| 1910 ba Aovx, n fh
station occurred on or about May 10th.
nearly month earlier than during
previous and recen t years. The a.
mount of this maximum flow is not
known to the writer and the exact
date oil it will never be known, as the
register was out of order for few
days and the pencil registered no for
ward movement on the chart wrapped
cylinder During June of the pres
ent year the daily flow never reached
1000 second feet. The largest dis
charge was on the 1st and amounted
| to o22 Sec. feet. Within few days
this amount began to drop rapidly to
33l Sec. feet on the 30th.
| During July of the present year the
maximum flow was on the lst. ESQ
| Sec. fleet, dropping rapidly there
after. During July 1917, there were
! nine days upon which the discharge
was more than 1000 second feet.
during July 1916 there were four days
when the flow was more than 1000
Sec. feet, and II days upon which
the flow was more than 900 Sec. feet.
/ The foregoing figures are given
without comment allowing each read
er to make his own deductions. They
are merely given to educate water
users to more economical use OF
water and wiser methods oil irrigation,
with a view to securing higher duty
from every second foot available to
4 them.
| j. C, Kennedy,
/ Supervising Water Commissioner,
Walker River Drainage Area.
I In theTimes issue of July 20. the
statement was made that reports
from Smith Valley were there was no
water. The statement applied 10 the
new ranches under the Colony Ditch
The earliest water right for tha. ditch
is 1890 and under the ditch are num-
erous farmers having no ad::udiclted
rights at all and they have had no wa
ter for the past four weeks They
could not expect anything better as
the rights later than 1870 is the divid-
ing line to provide water flor the
rights of that date in Mason Valley.
An experiment of rotating the extra
water over the 1870 rights between
Mason and Smith Valleys was tried
last weeks to the advantage of both
valleys.