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Show Water Needs of ofEast ofEast ofEast East Utah ToldUrgent Told ToldUrgent I IUrgent Urgent need for a number of ofwater ofwater ofwater water proJ projects ects in m southeastern southeasternUtah southeasternUtah southeasternUtah Utah \ " were ere crc presented to the theUtah theUtah theUtah Utah water and power boardby board boardby boardby by representatives of the coun counties counties counties ties at a regional meetr meeting meet'ng meetng ' ng of 01 the theboard theboard theboard board held at Price Monday af afternoon afternoon atternoon ternoon ternoonVater \ Water \Vater Vater users user : . from San SanIJuan SanJuan SanJuan IJuan Juan Grand Emery Duchesne DuchesneI Duchesneand Duchesneand Duchesneand and Umtah Uintah counties ipoke poke spoke at atthe atthe I the meetmgWilliam meetingWilliam meeting meetmg meetingWilliam William R B Wallace president presidentof of the 14 man board presided presidedat at the meeting meetmg and explained explainedthe explainedthe the purposes and author authol " ' ty of ofthe ofthe ofthe the organization He e"plamed eplamed etcplained e"plamedthe etcplainedthe explainedthe " the legislative act of the last laststate laststate laststate state legislature which set up the uptho upthe water board Funds at the theboard theboard theboards board s 5 disposalinclude disposal include mclude $1 1 $ 000 000000 000 set up as a revolving revolvmg fund fundto fundto fundto to be used in m the next two years yearsm yearsin yearsin m in the construct on of small wa water water va vater ter projects throughout the thestate thestate state and $200 200 $ 000 to be used usedin usedin m in compilingdata compIlmgdata surveying and compIlmg compiling data on all Utah streams for the thepurpose thepurpose thepurpose purpose of obtaining obtalmng deilmte definite deilmteknowledge definiteknowledge definiteknowledge knowledge of 01 needs and pOSI bllit bilit posibilit pOSIbllit es of future development developmentof of water resources J E Rogers Blanding Blandmg pres presIdent president president I Ident of the San Juan Water WaterI WaterUsers WaterUsers WaterUsers presI I , Users association assoclahon asked aid In Inthe inthe inthe the completion of a tunnel dl di diverting I \ ' ert erb ! ng water from , the north northside northside northside side of the Blue moun mountains rrfuntains tams to toI toBlandmg toBlanding toBlanding Blandmg Blanding on the south Mr Rog Rogers Rogers Rogers I ers and Marvin Marvll1 Lyman Bland Blandmg Blanding Blanding mg ing stre'sed stresed stre.sed strecsed ' . the need of the theproJect theproject theproject proJect asserting assertmg that Blandmgl Blanding Blandingis lis Blandmgllis is one of the driest dnest areas of the thestate the'state thestate ' stat state M MRogers Mr M- M - Rogers ogers said that dur ' ing sum summer summer mer there is barely suff sufi cientwater clent cient clentwater cientwater water obtainable for that com corn commun cornmun cornmun mun ty s a culinary culmary needsTne needsTne needs Tne tunnel has 1900 feet of ofthe ofthe ofthe the mile long project proect ) flDlshed finished flDlshedWork finishedWork Workas Work \ was \\as as \ first ilrst started in 1922 1922with 1922with 1922with with local funds However the thelack thelack thelack lack of capital made it Impossl impossi Imposslble impossible impossible ble to continue contmue the work until until1940 1940 when more local funds fundswere fundswere fundswere were obtained obtamed According Accordmg to toMr toMr toMr Mr Lyman between $35 35 $ 000 000and 000and 000and and $40 40 $ 000 has been spent and andanother andanother andanother another $60 60 $ 000 will be needed neededfor neededfor neededfor for the tunnel s complehonFurther completionFurther completion complehon completionFurther Further e explanation .planatlon planatlon > . of this thisproJect thisproject thisproject proJect and also of a dam at atRattlesnake atRattlesnake atRattlesnake Rattlesnake cany cans can < ) on on the south southslope southslope southslope slope of the La Sal mountaIns mountaInswas mountainswas mountainswas was made by Charles Redd of ofI ofLa ofLa ofLa La Sal a member of the state statewater statewater statewater I water boardNeeds boardNeeds board boardNeeds Needs of Grand county were werepresented werepresented werepresented presented by Mitchell Mel ch chMoab chMoab chMoab Moab vice president of the thestate thestate thestate state water and power board boardMr boardMr boardMr Mr Melich MellCh read a list of proJ proJects projects projects ects prepared by the water us users users users ers of this county |