Show I WATER PROBLEMS PRESENTED I ITO TO UTAH STORAGE COMMISSION Duchesne Delegation HOll Gets Gels Hearing Hearin on Protests Against Diversion Meeting with the Utah Water Vater Storage Commission at the state capitol Wednesday a delegation from Duchesne entered protests on the diversion of Uintah Basin Waters waters waters wa wa- to Utah and Salt Sal t Lake Counties Counties Count Count- ies and discussed various problems concerning the local water supply X A plan for or the rehabilitation of the Uintah Basin was presented to Salt Lake authorities E E. W W. Crocker C W Smith L L. C C. C Winslow and L L. L A A. Hollenbeck who left Duchesne early Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day morning after having received ed a notice of the from State Engineer T T. T H. H Humpherys secretary of th the commission enter entered entered entered ed Into the discussion when the storage commission had Beard l eard Dr John A. A Widtsoe member of the I Utah said Dr Widtsoe needs some Borne of the Colorado River water in the Great Basin area We should at once begin work on structures to effect such diversion thereby serving notice of projects to use the water outside the drainage drainage drainage drain drain- age area BASIN NEEDS CITED Mr Smith argued that if Salt Lake City is to have legislative enactment as proposed to permit It to reserve for a period of years water needed for its municipal supply supply supply sup sup- ply so should the U Basin region be permitted to reserve a 45 supply of water for its possible future development The delegates were assured that filings now being made must of necessity be subject to prior rights and that that therefore only surplus waters could be used either for the Currant Creek filing or for the one under which Duchesne water might be brought through a tun- tun Continued on page 6 Water Tater V ate Problems Presented to Utah Storage Commission Continued from page 1 nel net to feed the proposed Deer creek project It was pointed out to them by Mr Humpherys that the second second second sec sec- ond foot Wing filing made a number of years ago by the reclamation service service service ser ser- vice in connection with the Castle Peak project is still in good stand stand- Ing E. E O. O Larsen engineer for the bureau of reclamation stated that the apprehension manifested by bythe bythe bythe the residents of the by protests protests pro pro- tests made to the commission to his office and to Washington and Denver was not well founded He Hc claimed that the thc basin citizens had nothing to fear regarding their necessary water rights summing up by saying There are arc not sufficient sufficient sufficient suf suf- suf- suf feasible reservoir sites in inthe inthe inthe the basin to store the the- average available surplus runoff It was made clear to the Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne delegation that the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed Currant creek diversion is isto isto isto to apply only to flood waters and that it will drain only an area of approximately 6 G square miles at atthe atthe atthe I the head with a total runoff of acre feet I OUTLINES SURVEY Mr Larsen stated that he expects expects expects ex ex- to make a trip into the Uintah Uintah Uintah Uin- Uin tah Basin the coming week tomake tomake to make malte further investigation as to I water requirements Porter J. J Preston senior engineer engin engin- eer for the bureau of reclamation in a letter to Mr Humpherys which was re read d outlined the work of his field forces in Utah for the remainder of this year in the Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado river survey in his charge Included in the appropriation for his work is for Utah with which he will have eleven men stationed at Roosevelt to tomake tomake tomake make a survey of irrigable lands storage sites and water resources of the basin as follows A preliminary geological examination examination ex ex- of the Starvation reservoir reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir damsite the Stillwater reservoir reservoir re re- re ser damsite the Three Forks reservoir damsite and the Lower Currant creek reservoir damsite Make a land classification of lands under the Castle Peak Peal project project pro pro- and the Blue bench Mr Crocker thanked the commission commission commission com com- mission for their courteous consideration consideration consideration con con- of the basin problems and the delegation left again being being be be- ing assured of the interest and sympathy of the officials in and with our |