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Show COUNTY OKEHS . NEW DISTRICT . FROVO Creation of a seventh water district for participation in the Deer creek project was approved by the Utah county commission r Monday. The district-outlined in apett- tlon presentedby A. V. Watkins, counsel for the PrbvcTRiver Water Users' association. Is the Highland district and includes territory between be-tween Lehi and American Fork, east to the mountains. A resolution approving the district dis-trict was adopted and ordered sent, " with the petition, to State Engineer T. H. Humpherys. It asks a survey and allotment of water. The water will be obtained from the Weber, i Duchesne and Provo rivers. ' If the district is formed it will be another step in preliminary work on the 7,600.000 Deer creek project. Provo, Salt Lake City, Orem. Pleas- , ant Grove, Linden, American Fork and Lehi districts are nearly complete. com-plete. A meeting will be called soon on creation of another district in the Midway section, at the head of Provo canyon, according to Mr. Watkins. A tentative survey of the new district dis-trict last fall showed that approximately approxi-mately 4000 acre feet of water will be required for the district. The - exact amount will be determined and approved after the district is at the present time all lands informed. in-formed. The petition asserts that volved have an insufficient water ' '""The question of final organisation will be submitted to the land own- era within tne district tor vote. Certified copies of the elections in Pleasant Grove-Linden, American Fork and Lehi districts were presented pre-sented to the secretary of state Saturday Sat-urday and selection of the district boards by town boards and city councils is planned soon. These l boards will consist of at least three directors, with one being chosen from the city officials at the request re-quest of the Provo River Water Users' association. 1 Directors for the Pleasant Grove ' board will likely be selected Monday Mon-day night, according to Mayor Lyean Johnson. A meeting of the Alpine district of the Provo River Water Users' association was held Saturday afternoon after-noon at the Sharon church and unanimous consent was given to permit the enlargement of the canal which will carry the water to that district according to J. W. Gillman, president of the association. "The farmers urged that everything every-thing necessary be done that will help or speed up the progress of the project," he said. |