Show City Will Develop New Water Wafer Source With the prospects of rapidly rapIdly rap- rap Idly filly Increasing development of tire the areas south of Moab especially especially especially es es- in the vicinity of the golf course the city will be forced to take steps to protect protect pro pro- water supplies to Insure the present and future needs need of Moab Mayor Norman Boyd told the city council Tuesday evening Mayor Boyd took this position position po po- during discussion by the city officials on a request by Louis that the abandon ab ab- abandon abandon ab- ab andon its protest filed med with the state engineer er against his bis application to drill a well in 1 connection with his proposed home building development on property near the golf gol course At an earlier date the city officials had withdrawn a protest protest pro pro- test to a similar application made by Texas Gulf Sulphur Co for a well to supply water water water wa wa- ter for their home development develop develop- ment on property north of the golf course The withdrawal withdraw withdraw- al of this protest however retained retained re re- re- re tamed the right by the city to renew the protest If U 1 i was found hat water used by Texas Tex Tex- as DS Gulf Sulphur diminished the supply now obtained bythe by bythe bythe the city from a well welt and springs In the area Upon the advice of Robert city attorney and Dick Cozens city engineer the council decided to drill a new well an measuring devices In Jn order that they might more a accurately determine determine deter deter- mine and keep continuous record record re re- cord of the water flow as a a means of protecting the rights right's of Moab in the underground nd water sources of this area Mr was authorized to complete and send to the state department the change to their 1945 water use plan The council also Mr Cozzens to arrange for drilling of the well and Installation installation installation In in- of pump and measuring measuring measuring meas meas- devices The well is to be drilled near the No 6 hole of the golf course In presenting the city's position position position po po- Mayor Boyd pointed out it was not their intention to Mr Ki- Ki Kisida Kisida sida or delay hs development program However the mayor sad the Interests of MoaB te Moab re- re must be Insured as much as possible In or order r that their water rights will not become become be be- come infringed upon or dangerously dangerously dangerously dan dan- deleted It appears now that considerable development development devel devel- will take the vicinity of the golf course with wl wi h each one needing water from which wells are the most likely source With this in view the city must take all necessary steps to protect Its water rights he said The council decided to defer de fer ter an official answer to Mr Kisida in view of the need for tor water right protection |