Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-24 | Page 3 | State Calls Halt in Lake Water Division

State Stale Calls Galls Halt Hall in Lake Water Division Notice has ha been served on the Draper Canal company and the Utah Lake Distributing company to cease diverting water from Utah lake until the probable quantity of or water reachIng reaching reach reach- ing the lake Jake this year ear can be deter deter- mined The notice was given by George e M. M Bacon state engineer The Draper Canal company has been taking 20 second feet of water and the distributing company second feet Mr Bacon has been informed by bythe bythe bythe the Utah Copper company compan and the Provo Reservoir Distributing compan company company com com- pan pany that these companies will not noi draw from the lake by pumping this year The state engineer believes that there will be water In the lake sufficient sufficient to supply feet acre-feet to the tha water users under the Booth decree Mr i Bacon asks that the primary users take steps to apportion their water waler among themselves if it they Insist in insist insist In- In that he forbid secondary appropriators appropriators from using the supply I