Show q Pho Phone Phoe P hon a e want s 2 To Wasatch MEET DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT OFt Of t Of JAn I Discussion of plans for the proper development ae of the states state's water supply occupied the attention of ot a meeting at the state capitol William William Wil VII Wednesday afternoon called caned by I liam R. R Wallace Walla W. W W. W Armstrong committee commit commit- and Richard R R. Lyman a tee appointed by the Utah water storage commission Projects coming before the meeting meetIng meet- meet dam reservoir reservoir reser reser- Ing Included the Echo Echo dam voir on the Weber river a acre foot acre foot dam on the Ogden river and a dam of feet acre-feet capacIty ca capacity capacity ca- ca on the Provo river County commissioners of Salt Lake Davis Weber eber Tooele Utah Summit and W Wasatch satch counties were present J. J R. R Murdock water storage commissioner George M. M Bac Bacon n state engineer E. E O. O Larsen engineer for the Salt Lake basin project W. W J. J Halloran and J. J F. F Fitzpatrick were also invited to attend PLAN MOVEMENT The object ot of the meeting Is to launch a cooperative m movement for developing the stat states state's s future water supply along lines that will best serve urban and rural development deve It Is expected that the proposItion proposition tion of bringing water from the Duchesne river over Sheep pass to the Provo river as a a. a means of sullying sup su- sup the foot acre reservoir reser reser- voir will be discussed Mr lr Murdock questioned Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day ay morning regarding proposed water at r development said that there there seemed to be a tendency toward arranging for a canal sufficient to from the carry 1000 feet second Weber river to the Provo river Under Unifier Un Un- der present arrangements the Provo river will receive feet acre of ot reservoir water and second feet of the early arly high water right from this source To build a larger canal and end to take a greater supply of water water water wa wa- ter from Echo dam would impoverish ish Weber eber Morgan Summit and Davis counties he said SUGGESTS RESERVOIR The Duchesne river however has large amounts of ot water that can be drawn upon He suggests that Water water water wa wa- ter be diverted from the Duchesne river and placed In a small reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir In Provo river with the surplus surplus surplus sur sur- plus running to ut Utah h. h lal lake e. e With the lake as a a. storage medium medium me me- there are acres in Utah county acres cres adjoining Salt Lal Lake e City and acres acres' In Tooele county that could easily be irrigated from the lake at a nominal nomina cost He stated that he h does n not t favor the proposed dam at Deer creek on the Provo o The dam he said would cost over because the railroad line Une and the highway through the canyon would have haNe to tobe toe tobe be e moved He said eald that water from the dam would probably be utilized In Cedar valley valley miles from the ther reservoir r and that costs of ot the wa water water wa- wa ter would be too great to permit economic development of ot arid of-arid arid lands landson landson on the east and west st sides of Utah lake Jake lands Salt adjoining adjoining Salt Lake City and lands in Tooele county |