Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-06 | Page 7 | Advantages of Utah Lake Diking Explained

I Advantages of Utah Lake Explained Advantages Ad of off oct Provo bay bayn in n Utah lake were outlined to members members mem mem- bers of the engineering council b bj by A. A Z Richards consulting engineer at t the thc chamber of commerce Mon day ay There L is li an annual loss of approximately approximately approximately acre acre feet of water in inthis inthis this ils city from evaporation Mr Richards Rich Rich- ards said This amount could be con eon served if it the project were carried earned car ear ned ried out while a total of acres ot of f agricultural land could be bb reclaimed re re- re claimed he be declared There is already a n tural dike extending ex- ex tending ending partly across the mouth of the thc bay ay and the thc project could be carried earned out ut at nominal cost Mr Richards pointed out Cecil B B. B Jacobson and Wilford Pc Pc- terson erson two University of Utah seniors who recently wrote a joint thesis on onic the ic project gave a report on their findings It was pointed out that by the e Provo bay and Mosida area the surface of the lake could be reduced 39 9 per cent This would reduce the volume of water by only 28 per cent and nd the safe yield could be Increased from rom Its present estimated figure of feet acre-feet annually to feet acre the students reported By these two areas addi ional water would water would be assured for the Irrigation of acres of land Inthe Inthe in inic the ic Salt Lake and Tooele valleys they said aid