| Show Utah Allotted Water for Acres and Over 5 Billion KWH of Power A dispatch from Washington DC D.C. states that the camp compact act negotiated at Vernal for division divis divis- ion of upper Colorado river waters gives new significance to st studies dies looking to development development develop develop- ment of the river basin The states can concerned in the upper basin compact are Colorado Cob Colo rado rada Utah W Wyoming oming New Mexico and Arizona An agreement agreement agree agree- agree I ment among them for division of the Colorados Colorado's water is vital vitall because the interior department department depart depart- ment and the budget bureau in 1947 ruled against any further reclamation projects in the upper upper up up- per basin until the rights of the individual states were deter deter- mined The new compact will wUl supplement supplement supplement supple supple- ment the Colorado river compact compact com coin pact which divides the use of the river river between between the upper and lower basin states Many officials of the upper states now naw hope that final details of the Vernal compact can lean be ironed out DUt in October and that it fl can be ratified by the various state legislatures and approved by congress early next year Thus the embargo on on upper Colorado river iver development t I will willibe be lifted The r reclamation bureau al already already al al- ready has outlined a broad abroad program program program pro pro- gram for the upper basin Investigation Ines- Ines of proposals for specific projects must be made but the sights are set The bureaus bureau's a estimates for potential po po- development in Utah Utan allotted al al- to which the Vernal compact 23 per cent of the upper basins basin's share of the water are liS Water follows Applies supplies for far acres of n now w land and Md supplemental supplemental supple supple- mental water for tor acres facilities land land- with power nf of to generate 53 kilowatt kilowatt kilowatt kilo kilo- annually watt hours hauls must be borne in mind It that the however before the water dl- dl made nade were vil vision compact was agreed up up- on points out and an on the bureau not be al allotted al any anyone one the tate state water may ay to realize e its Us full foul potential VI |
