Show New Mew Laws Asked On n Water Walet Control Legislation that would would give tho the state late power to effect a greater conservation con- con of surface and underground under under- round ground water in Utah and appropriations appropriations to advance the small rc reservoir res- res program were recommended Thursday by State Engineer T. T H H. Humphre In his biennial report Activities of the fife Utah t h water stor scot I age ge commission and the tho engineers engineer's department during tho biennium I I ended ende June 30 1940 are covered inthe In he tho report which Is being submitted f to o Governor Henry II H. Blond I Authority Ar to enforce the law with to control of wells and to prevent waste of surface and underground under under- grou ground grou-d d water will Avill be asked of or the 1941 legislature by the state nn- nn ineer He will ask also for authority ty t y tl to Institute suits to prevent unlawful unlawful un un- lawful diversion of water from any I sou source I IAn An average saving saving- of at acre acree r I feet e e. t of water has hus been effected by bywater bywater water users of or the state as as aJ a result of or an educational program conduct conduct- d by the state engineers engineer's department depart depart- department ment since passage of the underground underground under under- ground water law five fi re years rs ago Mr reported An additional saving paving cf acre feet can be made mude he said by oU tightening the regulations relating to o wells when not in use and by re repairing repairing re- re pairing leaking S w |