Show If IER DIVERSION mN oM C COLORADO lD In 0 BE PROBLEMS PROBlEM f Conduits Now Bring I rater ater ter t to S S. L. L Basin j I rom from Green River T f Li le tho h article of or a a lIerl kh Urals wills willi tho th l roP d four four- our our- compa compact t allot allo t I tin lr hr upper nl y I ah Wo fo of or the tho Colorado r river I. I tho the stated of or irao ado 0 and New Mexico for JI a Ho IWo previous lous articles e In gent general the the tho lie slates elates to the river the of water to plop dollop Utah Ulah oil the b greed of oc Ir a cx x lon water need 0 ot of power water D. D FLANAGAN BERNA BERNARD ni ller of ot diversion h rIlon of at wade r t t basin to kp valley y or t to the free r r basin is iK another pr J Q b- b H e have hn to to b. b bo be cons consid- consid d tito C l c 1 commis- commis when T they attempt pt to work uok k state J tour compact At the thet nt it t time there are aio nine con con- divert crt l water voter f th the tho hl t e e from lp river 1 basin to Great Salt Lake 4 Thc Those These c dl divert erl rl acre r year rear a arc se c 1 other erslon dl Ion foot one bc being a It plan flug- flug ijo to bring n about out acre vate trout rom the it G Salt Lake Lalie f for r domestic d r and to 0 provide pro for lor a aa city l If Jea a a. a million n people in the state titer other plan oC oG C di which T InS Ing discussed s d in Los Angelo Angeles Salt Lake at Ul Uio tiro present f time e eplen pla plan l a if k Captain Ja Jay Tin Purley ley I inmate the thi th Boulder Bouller el darn and the big bis darn dam ill in tho he C Colorado Colordo lor I c Jn InU Utah 31 J sL L south of of tho the junc- junc l the San Juan river rier and north of ot the tho Utah-Arizona Utah line Angeles would ouId obtain Its water nater I ugh uSh h a gravity line which would the heart of ot Utah's Dixie ater ter could also be be taken out ot of Colorado river rI from behind the I to use on several thou thou- thou acres s of land Jand in Dixie Th The bunt of land laid which could be len and made de productive In this thin has bM not yet jet et been determined d declared the figure figuie will ch half halfa a million or almost as asb asch ch Ii b as can can be irrigated In the theado therado ado rado rive rivet basin ln in Utah e recent plan J is ls one oner r Ras s given to to th the water stor stor- slon recent recently bv by b the fliers of ot the Strawberry Water Yater r association I ThIs plan called mile nineteen tunnel and half dred miles of feeder canals Auld brIng over acre acie- fot of water ater or more mor depending much is not col covered b by right t and v aim at the of the entire Salt Lake W. W I 9 A PROJECT CT r. J. nat at the prea- prea we e is the Ue Strau ben y project merry berry reset oh holds feet teet of ot wa wafer er when n full and dap for a i diversion di oC of annually Daniels pass and I Soldier Summit canals also take al e a aI few thousand feet acre a year year from I tho tiro Colorado river basin and dump dumpit it into Salt SaiL Lako alo aile valley A Goose- Goose I ben berry y basin diversion is now being aUt surveyed b. b by the reclamation 1 service servIce ser ser- vice Colorado has his five or six projects tak taking water om th the upper waters wa wa- waters a- a terN of ot tho the Colorado and dropping it down into eastern caste slope rivers Tito Tho total of r these diversions diversions' is variously estimated at from to to acre fecto I I Colorado is making real plans fo for diversion of ot water wiltEr The big bl diversion Is Is' Is tr from from m the tle l Finder Frn er river country iii in hi the Cen Cen Centennial t tennial state The Tho Moffat tunnel h his has 9 been built at an all expense o ot at about 1 to 10 tho the taxpayers taxpayers' or of seven Colorado counties This Thi tunnel while williG meant primarily for tr transportation is also available for water transmission A A. f small lall pilot lIol tunnel was as' as built buill parallel to to tho main tunnel This plot pilot bore borc can can n bo used for water without cn with tho main tunnel FILES FO FOR FOft WATER Denver has filed upon about ZOO SOO- feet acre df dr Colorado river liver wa- wa water wa- wa vater ter ter which it proposes to bring brio through Enough the Moffat l bore and hd use e for fOI culinary and agricultural pur pun poses Den Denver Dener er is n. n a 3 position to take ake take this water with a minimum mt of pens expense nf Denver Denser has luis a a. rut running start on oil Sall Sail LaKo in this this' matter of wal water r supply hence D the Vho Col Colorado Colo- Colo rado ado delegation will hold trumps when It Jt comes omes to fig figuring how much I water should be bo for a 3 state for Cor di diversIon Oi pui purposes poses will ivill p probably not attempt at- at I tempt empt much diversion ersi n of ot Irrigation water vater The Tho Green river valle valley In Wyoming is capable of using about all nil will bo ho able the tho water to o get There Thero may bo be some sonio Industrial industrial Indus- Indus trial nal water diverted front from the Green river Iver lJ basin in Wyoming however This TIlls article concludes th the present present present pres pres- ent series series' on the state four state tato compact com coin pact the first con cr conversations on started stalled in fa Denver Den on December December Decem Decem- b ber f 3 In brief conclusion let Jet us call attention to some of ot the salient points of ot the series The limit of ot de development in Utah is s dependent entirely I upon tho the water wa- wa ter er supply The Tile upper basin states Utah states Colorado do New ew Mexico and Vvo Wyo- ming have have feet acre acle 9 of water vater 1 m perpetuity to allocate t as as ashey s they hey see sec fit I LEES FERRY F FLOW OW I The flow of ot th the Colorado at at Le Lees cos Ferry li rr is about acre acre- feet annually Utah contributes 2 ogO O feet of ot this C Colorado ll o oyer r Wyoming and Now New Mex- Mex Mexico contribute ico the the- remainder v Ut Utah h has las an ultimate eural ural development of ot acres In n the tho Colorado rl cr basin Wyo Wyo- V Wyoming q min ming has has' an amount about the tho size sire of r that thal o oj or- or Utah New Mexico has acres Colorado lm has acres 3 Utah has some sonic of tho the greatest oil shale J ll beds bed in the world of or I producing ten times as much oil as the U United States Slates has has' produced la Sa lathe the tho past eighty years cars Colorado has an anoil oil shale area nearly as large larg Utah will m need nearly feet acre of water for use in developing devel devel- its Us oil all 51 shale shalo f industry Utah has Jias about three times the power resources s that Colorado its nearest rival has Utah has has' not d developed It its diversion diver dl sion plans as fully full as Colorado has nor is it in shape to divert dhert large amounts of pt water as as quickly as Colorado Utah I is rich in mining wealth a and d there thele are those these who maintain that Utah should not attempt t to develop itself itsel as an n agricultural c t tn and plan on on agricultural wa water er biJl th that t. t should look 1001 Into th tine the future and prepare for tor a. a a big industrial era |