The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-11-19
Storage at Dam
Reaches 1850
Power, Storage Show
Fayorably; Snow at
Water Head


reservoir Is beginning to show. Mea-
surements taken Monday show that
there is now Il. 500 feet of water in
the dam and that water is flowing
from both the Truckee canal and the
Carson river. The Carson river al
the present time is furnishing better
than 100 acre feet a day and this, II
is estimated, should gradually in
crease owing to the river bed having
become soaked from recent storms.
Considerable water from the Car
son is being used on pasture lands
below Dayton, while Carson valley is
still using some water for late fall
irrigation. This irrigation in both
sections of the Carson should auto
matically cease during the next few
weeks allowing practically all of the
natural flow of the river to reach
the dam.
The removal of the pumps at Tahoe
city has cut down the flow of the
Truckee river through the canal con-
siderable, but there is more water
being delivered through the calan
than is used in the generation of
power and leaves a considerable
quantity for storage 1t Is shown by
the gauge at the dam that the reser-
voir is filling at the rate of approx
mately half foot.a day
Reports from the headwater G
the Carson are most encouraging. III
the Markleville section there Is mora
snow than on the Truckee summit
section, while the west branch of the
Carson has from six to ten inches OF
snow. This early snow together with
the rains that have occurred during
the fall give promise of a far better
seasonal runoff than during the past
two seasons.
Engines Returned
The engines borrowed from the
reclamation project of this city ani
used at Tahoe City during the sum
mer for driving the pumps have beer
taken from their base and are OF
their way to this city. They are ex
pected here during the week and vii
be Immediately returned to the drai
lines from which they were taken.
From all indications there will b
plenty of water in the Truckee rive
to carry on all of the municipal pur
poses that Reno and Sparks demand
The removal of the pumps, while
has cut the flow of the river, wa
urged by Superintendent Richard
son, who has maintained that tn.
lowering of Lake Tahoe is as great 1
menace to next seasons water suppl,
as any other factor that has beer
brought to light in the general con
troversy over water and storage.
Water that is being used for power
at the dam is being distributed over
the project mainly for cattle feeders
and some wheat irrigation. The bene-
fits to the cattle and sheep men who
are feeding in this valley Is an ap
preeiable item, as in number -oi
instances this waste water has madi
it possible to sell pasturage and ha,
that otherwise would not have beer
considered.
Calls for water for winter whea
continue and some plowing and plant
ing is still under way. In some In
stances the fall wheat is well up an
some excellent stands can now b
seen over the project. 1t Is state
that the wheat acreage this fall ex
eeeds by 25 per cent any season sine
wheat has been planted on a com
mereial basis.
AS a whole the outlook for storag
is good and with anything like al
average winter the project can fee
safe in a water supply sufficient 70
all lands under cultivation.