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Show State Reaffirms Policy on Water Wells Following a meeting held last wook with officials from the State Knneer's office a statement was is-suod is-suod which upheld a previous previ-ous nilins from the office concernins drilling of water wat-er wells in Spanish Valley. The decision was readied readi-ed after a discussion with about 75 Kx-al citizens. The mlinji states that no wells may be drilled south and east of main street for more that .015 see. ft. of water because of a potential disruption dis-ruption of water supplies to the City of Moab. This amount of water is adequate for culinary use and some lawn watering. A few applications which have boon filed previously with the State Engineer for amounts in excess of the .015 sev. ft, will still be considered, con-sidered, according to Mayor May-or Win ford Bunce. Permits for drilling wells for large amounts of water in areas west of Main Street will be considered upon their individual merits. |