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Show INTErhIEDIARY needed IN . UTAH LAKE -PLANS v Formation of Water Users' Association Urged By State Engineer; Lake Problem Is Discussed at Denver Meet An organization to be known as the Utah Lake Water Users' association, asso-ciation, to act as an intermediary between the reclamation service and the water users in negotiations ....ii,,,, ii,,. construction of the ' Utah lake reclamation project, was iiocinecl one ol the tirst necessary steps in the development of the lake project by George M. Bacon, state engineer and secretary of the Utah water storage commission, nnd R. S. Walters, chief engineer of (he reclain.it ion service, at a conference confer-ence recently held in Deliver. I Such an organization, in the opin-) opin-) ion of the engineers, would tend to ' harmonize local interests on a plan which contemplates reclnniation of n great area of waterlogged land surrounding sur-rounding tlie lake. Commission Studies Matter This matter is being studied by a committee of the water storage commission of Utah with a view to torniulaling a definite program to be followed. It wns suggested nt the August meeting of the commission commis-sion that a storage reservoir he made of Utah lake and the water eoiiirolled above compromise level. I The comniilloo working on the matter mat-ter will draft a report, it is expected, expect-ed, and this will be presented to the various Salt Lakeaiid Utah county interests for their indorsement. 1 Mr. liaeon declared upon his re-! re-! turn from Denver thnt prospects tare good for getting enrly notion on ! tlie Utah lake question locally, as , well as for getting an appropriation for tile const nu t ion of llie project. |