Show Davis Weber W eber i Approve Water l' l Rights Survey The Weber Davis county Muni Muni- Municipal Municipal Municipal cipal Water Development gave the tho go-ahead go signal on a sur sur- survey survey survey vey proposed by the tho executive com corn committee when it reported at a meet meet- meeting meeting ing lag of the association at the court courthouse courthouse house in Farmington Friday night The survey will include all aU the water rights on the west slope of or orthe the Wasatch range Sat Lake City and North Ogden the population trends in the past and future water usage in the past and outlook for the future and the feasibility of exchanging irrigation water for spring water now located on tile the western slope The committee includes Harold Ellison president of the Layton town board and president of the association chairman Tom East Ogden city commissioner and first tZ vice president of the association Alton AIton Rose mayor of Farmington n and second vice president of the association and Vee mayor of Bountiful Also on the committee are arc Alma L. L Ellis president of the town board at Riverdale Elmer Eisner Carver president of the town board at Plain City and Ezra Fjeldsted of of- the Ogden Chamber of Commerce executive e secretary of the association association tion and the committee The survey is being carried out in conjunction with ith the Bureau of Reclamation of the U U. U S. S S Interior department the Utah Power Po and Water board and the Davis and an l Weber water users lions It will be made by engineer engineer- engineering ing firms familiar with this work and qualified to make such a sur sur- survey survey vey according to Mr Ellison It U t will cost between and according to present esti call mates This will be rated pro rat pro d among the 24 municipalities mun co cc- cooperating operating and the two counties ac ac- according according according cording to assessed ass ed valuations The bureaus bureau's survey has progressed progressed progressed to the point where drilling is being done to locate dam sites Only two tv more of these remain to tobe tobe be drilled according to Mr Elli Elli- son The bureau is Is' very much hiter I I d estt-d in the lie water wa cr development pro program ro I gram gr m for Davis and counties Mr Elison said and has been very er cooperative coope tive as has the Utah Water and Power board The entire project project which runs into the millions of dollars will provide irrigation cul culinary inary mary and industrial water for lor the two counties n |