| Show State I Engineer Hoopes Save to to Save Much fuch Water Tater in Well Wen Repairs a The state engineer pointed ou out of any wen well would benefit alt all di diverting di- di diverting diverting from the thc same supply sine since Additional water would be made mad available 2 at the source A specific example ample e of benefits resulting resulting- from well repair was sighted in a case at t Richmond Cache county In this thi ase the partial repair of a single large well caused an increase in pressure to adjacent wells of ot O iO pe per percent percent cent he started while during the same period the average a pressure o of all ail other wells in Cache county drop dropped dropped ped by b three feet It Itis is estimated that repairs to 10 per cent t of the wasting wells in the state would save sae sa e approximately 60 per cent of the wasting water Those to be repaired under the project would be selected on the following basis 1 The amount of ol water to be saved 2 the number of water users who would benefit through t the repair by saving the underground supply and 3 cooper cooperation cooperation cooperation of the well owners involved Areas Arcas in the state which would be affected by the program would include Cache county Logan and Richmond underground basins f D- D U L. L Y COUnty i basin Davis county North and South I basins Tooele county Erda basin Salt Lake county count Salt Lake and Murray basins Utah county count North and South basins Millard county ant Pah basin Iron county count Paro Paro- Parowan Parowan Parowan wan basin and Sevier county count Rich and basins According to the plan the repairs would include pressure mud pump pump- pumping ing for filling of opening washed around casings ca ings of wells the same to tobe tobe tobe be scaled with heavy neav h avy mud or cement driving of oversized casings where necessary and other technical me- me methods methods adopted to various needs The newly approved project is a continuation of work sponsor sponsored ed cd by b the state engineer for a com coni- comprehensive comprehensive survey of the under under- underground underground underground ground waters of the state and was initiated three years ago for pre pre- prevention prevention prevention of waste and acquiring data for proper adjudication of rights tights under the new underground I water at r law Jaw u Assistance i to wen weIl owners throughout through out Gut the state in making repairs to toVa wells wasting Va sti g wells become aY possible become through a ViPA project new approved ed d should a condition be removed from the original contract restrict restrict- restricting restricting ing repairs to privately pr owned wells State Engineer T. T T H. H Humpherys said aid Wednesday The announcement followed word from irom officials that a modified with of condition No 21 2 of the project contract may ma be given based on submission of a aplan plan for operation of the th repairs I I Condition No 2 specifies that tha no portion of federal funds allocated under the application shall be re released re- re leased for operation to make re repairs re- re repairs pairs on privately owned wells A plan for carrying out the re re- repairs repairs re- re repairs pairs should the restriction be lift lift- lifted cd ed was mailed Wednesday to Dar- Dar Darrell nil rell J. J Greenwell state ad ad- administrator by the state engineer Ve We are happy happ about the possibility of broadening the scope of the project to carry out its original intent Mr Humpherys said since if such is accomplished a great saving of wafer waler will vill be real real- realized realized realized in Utah The state engineer has been in inconstant inconstant constant contact with officials officials daIs the past weeks in an effort to the condition stricken The project was set up to provide for forgathering forgathering forgathering gathering of data to be used as a basis for stopping waste of the un un- underground underground un- un underground resource and in addition provide pro a repair program to check the waste from wells Even en thought a rigid well control program has been under way the past three years through cooperation cooperation cooperation tion of there are arc still many wells velIs which cannot be controlled without major repairs Mr Hum Hum- Humpherys Humpherys said Waste in the state from underground sources has been reduced acre feet an an- annually annually annually la tr less than annually in the three years but ut even now no v the loss figured o a basis of res res- reservoir reservoir res- res reservoir storage costs amounts to three-quarters three of a million dollars annually he said |
