■Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Mnv 25.1068
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THE BLACK AND WHITE SALE BARN is partly
under roof. Monday, after a fire burned it down in late
\\ ■ IQ _ _ ||if T> cst. the state average as a whole
W ater Resources JYiay Be "° u,d be 005 f ° r Apm. in other
* words, 95 ppreent of all known
C* * a T> , X , 1 • C* Aprils have been wetter. The
Deficient By 1 his bummer a p 11 vaiue ,° f 005 «■ th * «
•f average value registered in the
ords. If a value of one is used state smce the all time low of
for the wettest known conditions 0 02 set in July, 1966,” he con
and a value of zero for the dn- eluded.
Although water resources in
Pennsylvania are still ample to
meet the present needs, a don
unued below normal spring pre
cipitation might lead to local de
ficiencies this summer.
This is the opinion of hydrolo
gists from the US. Geological
Survey. Dept of the Interior,
working in cooperation with the
Dept of Forests & Waters and
the Dept of Internal Affairs, as
they watch closely the potential
drought situation in Pennsylva
nia.
Dr Maurice K Goddard. Sec
of the Dept, of Forests & Waters,
said “Geological Survey records
show that stream lunoff across
the state is about 40% of norhial
The deficiency also registered in
record or near record low-water
levels in streams and wells
across the state during April
The same conditions have ex
tended through the first two
weeks of May and were only
slightly improved by last week
end's rain.
“For example, Tunkhannock
Creek which reflects the water
conditions in the northeast cor
ner of the state was at its low
est flow tor April m 55 years, as
measured near the town of Tunk
hannock,” he said
“Further south,” Dr Goddaid
noted, “the Schuylkill River as
measured at Pottstown flowed
at slightly over half the April av
erage of 2,800 cfs (cubic feet per
second) By Monday May 13,
the flow had increased shghily
but was still far below norma! ”
“'Similarly the Juniata River
at Newport reflects water condi
ions in the center part of the
slate and was at the third low
est let el for April in 70 years of
iccord Friday. May 10, the flow
was even lower, some 4 200 cfs
below the May average, 5 800 ”
“The western part of the state
s represented by Connoqueness
mg Creek near Zehenople where
the April flow was the fifth low
est in 49 years of record Flow
was less than half the April nor
mal of 794 cfs ”
“Geological Suney observa-l
tion wells across the state show
a decline in the ground water
level that is similar to the de
cline in the streamflow Of 28
observation wells in the state, 21
have water levels that are low
er than those of a year ago At
the end of April, 18 of the wells
had below average water levels
for this time of year One well
in Armstrong County had de
clined to a new low for April ”
“A third way of looking at the
water resources situation is to
divide the state into eight hy
drologic index aieas and assign
each a “Water Availability In
dex” based on long-term rec-
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The company
a sales
do
. • the final preparation and pack-
Apnl. The new construction is to be completed in time aging under this system.
for the Anniversary Sale in July. L. F. Photo mu ,
The report quoted the Nation-
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strates . . . describes . . . sug- all beef sold at retail * piocess
gesls . . . offers . . . assists . . . ed in this manner, the figure
saves. It sells only when people will rise to 50% in the next
buy. three years.
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