Show utah Dele delegates gales hit introduce rodum 1 hills bills F for or water wate ri lai lab senator wallace F and aad congressman glenry al dous doua dixon this week intro antro deuced identical WHO in tile the senico and house a authorizing 0 of a water and soil re research pearch labow tory in utah en Ator dennett pointed out that a numer of problems are arising in connection with increasing need for water and sold said that a number of important questions in con lection with water storage and nutrition are not fully understood pointed out that the central utah project glen canyon and flam flaming ing gorge will soon eoon make available increased amounts ot of water in many sections of utah and said eaid that experts agree that many questions are arc still unan in the field of 0 water engineering mineral content and familar matteis which would enable the area to get maximum benefit from these projects congressman dixon ampha sized the value of placing such a laboratory near utah state university at logan which has done much pioneer work in hydraulic engineering and related fields lie ile pointed out that the nearness to the uni hersity would enable the of the lab and the staff and research students work together on projects similar laboratories been established establish od jn in several other areas of the country but none have been set up to consider the he particular water wafer and soil kroblen pr which are ake typical of the upper colorado III er babaa natii otili senator dennett bennett and congressman dixon have been working for such a lab oratory ip in utah for some come time and have conferred a number of times with officials of the department of agriculture and the department of inter interior concerning the need for for such euch ft a lab doth both of tho the utah legislators indicate they now DOW feel chances for the lab ate are rather good among the problems which would be studied by such a lab are nutritional needs of crops crop and crp arup adaptation to soil boll and climate of the upper colorado river basin water ater supply diversion and convey ancell t water application and drainage with reference to problems of erosion uniform distribution and con sump tive use effects of salinity and alkali on irrigated lands physical and chemical properties of western soils in relation to effit efficient lent crop production and water use and runoff and sediment estment edt ment problems |