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Show I I I STATE ENGINEER URGES URGESCONSERVATION URGESCONSERVATION : CONSERVATION OF WATER WATERUtah , Utah faces another drouth sImilar sImilarto similarto similarto to . that of 1934 unless condItione conditions conditionschlnee conditionschincp ; ch"lnQ chlnQ chlnee " ' ( " foi for ! m the better betLer during the next nextthree nextthree nextthree three or cr four months and all ll utah utahcItizens Utahcitizens Utahcitizens cItizens and water users are urged urgcd by byState byState byState State Engineer T H Humpherys , to totake totake totake take every precaution for water ccn- ccn ccnsenaticn ccnservatIon con conservation - servation senaticn In a letter toater to \ water \\ater ater \ com- com comffil commissioners com commissioners - ffil missioners loners ' cf d 4'f 4f the state Mi Hum- Hum Humphery Humpherys Hum-pherys Hum pherys - phery pherys : . > reve\\ reve renews reves reviews ] \ s conditions setting settmg forth forththe forththe forththe the fact tint th"lt thlt that " the rainfall foi for the sum- sum summer summer sum summer - mer and fall fan of 1935 has been below belownormal belownormal belownormal normal , resulting resuItmg in "very very " dry and andbaked andbaked andbaked baked soil soll conditions and a general general10Hring generallowering generallowering 10\Hring 10 Hring lowering \ : of tl the tre e giound glOund ground watel wah'l wahl wat'i wati . ' ' table tableHe tableHe tableHe He further states that.Ulless that ' 'unless unless \.Ulless .Ulless ' \ . there therebe therebe therebe be an unusual amount of rainfall rainfalldunng rainfallduring rainfalldunng dunng during the winter , a repetition repetltJOn of the thedrouth thedrouth thedrouth drouth of 1934 appears to be inevit inevit- inevitablc inevitable inevitable - - able ablc ' Water commissioners COmmIssJOners comnnssioners a and n d water waterusers waterusers waterusers users aie are al e asked asJ.ed asJed . by Mr Humpherys to tocooperate tocooperate tocooperate cooperate on a systematic systE'matic ' program of ofconservatIon ofconservation ofconservation conservatIon embracing embracmg four main mam ex- ex expedJents expedients ex expedients - pedients pedJents for ; saving cavmg water wat.er . 1 Divert all water not no now"used nowused now " used for formaking formaking formaking ' , making storage or otherwise benefici benefici- beneficially beneficially beneficially - - ally used , for the irrigation lITigatIon of the theground theground theground ground to facilitate faCll1tate lall IaIl rail plo\\ plo plowing plomg \ mg and andmaklng andmaking andmaking maklng making pasturage 2 Close , where practical and where wheresp111way wherespillway wherespillway sp111way spillway capacities are adequate , the thegates thegates thegates gates of reservoirs and thus provide provideall provideall provideall all possible storage I 3 Divert , at the mouth of the can- can canyons canyons can canyons - yons onto adjoining gravely foothills foothillssmall foothillssmall . small mountain mountam streams to supplement supplementthe supplementI I the underground \ water ater supplyI supply I 4 Close , by plug , cap or valve , all allartesian allartesian allartesian artesian wells not now used for culi- culi culiII culinary culi culinary - nary and stockwatering purposesMr purposesMr purposes purposesMr II IInary Mr Humpherys stresses the need of ofI ofconservmg ofconserving ofconserving I conservmg conserving artesian water resources resourcesby resourcesby resourcesby by citing citmg the fact that there are about about35000 35 000 artesian wells in the state of ofutah ofUtah ofUtah utah , about 20000 20 000 of which are "run run "nm- "nm nm "nmning "run- "run run "running "running " - - ning wild ' and wasting"From wasting"From wasting wasting"From "From From " this source alone a1one , we are areastmg arewasting arewasting \\astmg astmg wasting \ \ in the state , from November November1st 1st to April 1st in each and every year yearat , at least 150 150000 000 acre feet of water waterenough , enough to irrigate ' adequately 'adequately tor for an anentIre anentire anentire entIre year 50 50000 000 acres--an acres an a acres res-an res an , - - - an area areaequal areaequal areaequal equal to that Irrigated In any year yearfrom yearfrom yearfrom from Utah L Lake ke keand - and -and Jordan river , orfrom orfrom or orfrom from Bear river canal In Box Eldercounty Eldercounty Elder Elderounty ounty county " |