Show WATER ATER RESOURCES TO BE DEVELOPED t Utah Has Thousands of Acres of Land Ready For Fa I Improvement I i 1 HAVE STATIONS I BEHAVIOR OF STATE STATE STREAMS RECORDED FOR 20 YEARS Tn the year ar 1833 1889 the United States g go golt o lt g eat survey began the study stud of the si wa wat tn t l of the state of Utah Gagging stations were established on Boor Bt Be r r river ir nt nerr ir Colliston Collision and on Provo river rinT tt 1 t 1 t tl ti mouth of the canyon The be bet beL 1 t L vior jor of these theae two Utah rivers is to put pret putty i l ty wet known at the present time as a illy j y daily record of the th fl in iTt ruble cubic feet teet per second has keen been beenK K pt MI fur 1 a period of twenty years year Vitt ill the exception of some scattering T i nij ads kept by b the army inny engineers very ver veri i fU t data had hart been iteen collected bearing oi on i v wahl resources of the United Stats States l i l a v l t i but in III that year a s i Mi t study of tine file fh subject was i rr i 1 il d 1 liy ty lo the federal survey in several star stI and anil the work has gradually in Ine e 1 11 1 i from year 81 to year until at the i nt time the tho th investigations lOY eoV ov e eti i ti tn d every state slate and territory in ill inT inti il ti T num nien including Alaska Alaka and the ilu ha la laIi nit Ii n I 1 6 study of its water resources the thea th thI I I i a oj States tah 8 hat has leek been et n divided into dl dis t U t 1 the work in to each district being a d 11 r the Hit t he direction of a district engi Thus Thiis the State of Utah is h included v ii t is known as the Great Basin Ballu Ballut t r t which comprises the states slates of ot oti i r U lie I tah tali and Nevada E C laHu i tU tn r I has charge of the work t three states state Work Is Handicapped i r aQunt u of the limited l federal ui al only a small amount could di for this work ork in to Utah and j tu i work has not progressed r as many people pe have wished wl hed 10 o A ii r these investigations carried oa on the ilu g gln throughout the west Wt westa ai a 1 led d 01 to the construction of federal I II I j tim works during the last seven senu t i us Il fl s sting upwards of The ii S of these large irrigation projects could 1 a t r necessity have been greatly if ifor ut or delayed had it not been r I tut t i I e gang ong time records of stream flows noting i the tl vast ast amount of water run ruu c tn t b waste wast each year ear IM la these western l rs and aud also the amount of flow which iU loJ li b depended upon 1 i U of acres an s of rich laud in them Utah tola lie practically worth orth s l th they y are without Irrigation Y t tb tin development JelI of the available a I tr t I r I ae resources purees the value alue ot of these lands landsi i U 11 l a c raised to several million dollars i ii il i l a 1 magnificent set asset for the state rd If d tit th nation The preliminary to such In iii every east cast cas must be Itc a re rn rei C i MI hI of the flow ot of l the streams stream I hiring Ihring ill t the h last session ot of the Utah h legis t at re Ct a law was enacted authorizing 1 state stat engineer to co operate cooperate with and nd rid dollar for dollar with the federal l lc c in the extension of hydro piti p lh investigations to cover southern t in L A a result the water reso ced cedI I state of Utah are now being care carl carli U i i studied under the direction of E K Ki EI i I iK i district engineer for the Unit UnitI i I st tes tOlo cal survey and i 1 inui n engineer for the state stale of Utah Records Kept in Utah i r w in Utah etah nearly arl doubled during i it At t the present time a daily record uli 1 II 1 i hi j feet reet fE t per second is winK bmg kept f streams strums in the state stater I r J i WIT rig r at Collinston Beaver Bearer creek at ati i Blu Bla Fork river at Hyt Hy 11 r t 1 Power Plant race at Byrum Box Boxi I i i Tk r i ck rk k at Brigham Cottonwood creek Orangeville Diamond Fork at att t creek at Escalante in n n creek el k at Ferron Fremont river rier Thuri r Green GIten river at ot Klein Elgin Hob i r 1 v i at Springville Sprin Huntington creeK creK creat t Hintington JI Indian creek at Straw fi p ty alley Logan river r er at Logan Lo Lor Loi i r Park and Smithfield canal Jt it t j 11 Muddy creek at Em ry r l rice Price riser at Help 1 n i K at Payson I 1 Truro fr river at Forks San Sail Rafael at att t l 1 rivet Santa Clara rier river at Enter se f Santa Clara river at St George Jeorge I i 1 r riser jer er at G Sevier Seler river it tt r k Spanish Fork river at Lake Lak Lakes Laks s Spanish Fork river r er at Spanish I Ih k kh Spanish lanish Port Fork river at Thistle Thistles s iw r 1 s very iT at Strawberry Valley Yuill tl di ii li creek reek at Strawberry Val Yal Valt Vali t l S R S power canal at ac Spanish Virgin irgin river at Virgin Weber eber river D Mis t iI iUs Slid Weber ber river at Oakley Oakl ViUL v Ill t firer at Plain City Cit i n nil from these stations are arel ared l j i i d annually and ami ai ei may be con eon cont bl t I in III r obtain d by hy writing the duo dil dh e ei u 0 i ili rl United States eal sur ur D C or Ul E C L iRi Iuds aniie anait area is Salt Lake Lak IKI 1 1 rep orris will M 1 I pil Published li hed in ti tie tte tieng e eTIL TIL rig ng ol f I l Pile o |