Show I I I UNDERGROUND O I I I I IN UTAH I I Study of This Subject Has Been Mado Made by Ex Experts Experts Exports ports IRRIGATION DISCUSSED Mr tr Ir NIS More Cond ii I i a I cat O the Ille ii ic Crude I by 1 Special Correspondence Washington D 0 C June 1111 i lA A cindy has hll recently b lIte been ei raad tl of DC o the th under uder underground underground ground waters Iri Ii 11 the tIM most moat populous the nourishing part of the lbs th State RIM of ot Utah This aria area Includes Include the valleys ef Sf t Utah lake lak and Jordan river where Iler Salt Lake Luke City CUr and Provo the Ibe first trat scud and third cities In the state Plate and Ind many man other thriving settlements settlement are Ire located Agriculture Is the main maill industry of I f the people in La this region although many of ot theta them employment in the smelters at Junction and Murray lurr Water Vater fur for Irrigation is II sup supplied supplied up plied filled by b mountain streams t and mIen Intensive alas sive sh firming farming Is t pursued The practise tit of Irrigation Irr j was wu A begun begu II bj lit b the Mormon lormon pioneers in III ll laH 1547 7 and has hu hun been n discussed In lii several keral publication publicatIons little attention bo ev r has hu ha been paid to the underground water eater at resources resource and the report on that th t subject Just jut published by br Mr tr CI I 1 B It Richardson of the United States StatI survey pUtt should hould therefore be very ery er acceptable to tu those interested In III this region rellon Before discussing the underground water It conditions of ot this Ibl area Ia Mr r Rich ardson ardion It its topography and drainage t Its It I geology climate and h by Nine Ine photographic plates and live five diagrams serve sene Me to Illuminate nU his text AREA REA TIle ThO drainage area aria of Utah lItah lake lah and Jordan river cover approximately square mile miles of which 2600 2100 MO are ar tribu tributary tary tf tar to Ie Utah lake and 00 to the Jordan north of tf the Traverse mountains mountain The underground water supply In la the al alleys alI alle leys I le a of Utah Ulab lake lalle and md Jordan river I 1 Is maintained by the snow anew 1110 and rain thaI fall fail on ott their th lr drainage areas area The dl quality and nail i cover of th these waters are conI 1 Most Iol Important I II the chapter nf itt MUll MIK i with which this part f t t closes close do SHOULD liE HK It Is tl stated that a higher her degree deIt CY In tile th use UN of ot the water eater i sources of or the th valle valleys s might be bt main maintained tamed Storm waters might be bf on 1 n served not only in large Impounding reservoirs but in small emall ones on built bulit a it st I many man mall lr localities In III the mountains Storm Storus waters water might also allO be utilised by b di dl diverting Vetting them on the tha uplands and per pr permitting mitt I them to pread I over oer a it large arMi arsa of allowing the th to I escape rapidly In th the natural channels Storm discharge might b tw he lessened 1 d h Ity planting trees and amid by b protecting th I the hf watershed from Crom tire lumbering and grazing grating More lore condur should replace crudely crud ditches lou Loss occurs by b allowing at a r ledan welts Ill to lo how when the water li Ii linot I not needed and th tie wells should then fore fere be capped or the he water at o l lIn In reservoirs reservoir Water for tur th the u ii i u In I 1 should br hr drawn dran fr from m the III re K m l 1 th t h of or well Ill either floii 1101 0 I Irum g nr c pumped rum It Ia r u used e l In ih I b i 1111 Is th lie 0 r rn n rk rik K t I it I rn HP tie fie Ih upland 1 v ou nu U I 1 i crI cra Iii available 1 tui Cu Ill ply pTy It in tv I Ih l j I U Toe Tile f I I I supply might also bc be increased In by h tho Iho nf t springs by I tunneling In tnt III the lb Ih mountains and possibly h hy by ih lime i II of subsurface dams amI and galleries II it favorable l rall I I Th Thi Of in iii r n ft nf r underground v d 1 i I fr frn i e P t f t Jt rl lr aM apt nf Jot Jor Jordan tan dan rk r ci v Pl I ih vIly lII ire are ron l I t I i b by br Mr n ll The l t HI rt ri mr m th A n of nr oft the t he I hv Ir tv I h are no meas macas measured mired and a I iI its tf r t Pl u well wells In this region n Persona Person k of f C having h ln copy eel Pf of If this hi useful ul rul reit r should milk make application to 10 the lie I director of the g gon logical survey Curve Washington I lu II C c tot fui totter water ter supply and Irrigation paper No 00 Itt |