Show no fooling Several months ago we commented in these columns that the people of Moab shouldn't be too surprised if the shortage CY of water storage caused rigid restrictions later in the summer With last weeks week's action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion on the part of the city our prediction has come true and even stricter regulations regulations regulations regula regula- this week show just how serious the problem is Several factors have brought about the trouble No one expected that the increase increase increase in in- crease in consumption would be anywhere as great as it is and then after last years year's heavy rains it seemed improbable that we would experience a dry spell as bad as the present one The fact remains that during June of last year Moab residents consumed 17 million million million mil mil- lion gallons of water and that figure was almost doubled this June when the city sent bills for 33 million gallons All this I with no noticeable increase in It is obvious now that Moab must go into a program to develop adequate storage that the It is now a foregone conclusion city cannot possibly get by on its present facilities The decision of course is up to the voters vaters However costly the project might be we are certain that sensible voters will join jain us in support of the development plan just off the city engineers engineer's drawing board baard and which will be on an the ballot ballat this fall |