Show I Buck i pasture Pasture Project to be be Big S SL Asset I I I I By B J C ANDERSON Manager Utah Pos Po's Power er Light CoIt Co CoIt I It is apparent to me e that If Ash I AshIley Ash Ash- Ash ley Icy ley Valley is to grow grov and support an increasing population the avail avail- available available available able irrigation water supply must be conserved ed and utilized en oi a aI amore amore I more basis I 1 am of the opinion that there is sufficient I sater ater available on the water sheds adjacent to Ashley Valley to sup sup- supply supply supply ply irrigation water ater 0 ater for the land I now under cultivation with sufficient excess to allow for consider consider- considerable considerable able expansion It is a v veil ell cli knos kno's knon n a fact that there are sinks in all aU the streams flowing from the Uintah in this vicinity I bl bc- bc bf lieve a large per cent of this tills wa- wa water Water wa water ter which sinks Is entirely lost to this Valley We know that in years of nor nor- normAl normal mal precipitation thousands of or acre feet of water during the an- an annual an annual nual nuni spring run oft period goes into Green river and is lost be- be be cau cause crops at that time of the 3 ear are not adt advanced ad to the point where all the water can be utilized Another bad condition In connection tion with this is the tendency to over water when It is plentiful I oin it will be scarce later with the result that farm lands become water logged Water logged swampy s and unfit for cultivation I belie believe e a reservoir building pro pro- program pro program I gram grain would bo be of or vast benefit bt to this Valley an and that rese cus be built at a unit cost coot which the user can afford to pay In fact at ata ata a cost cast the user can cant t alford not to atla pay A good illustration Is the Oaks Park Buck Pasture This I un- un understand Understand un understand can be built at cost to the user of less than 3 00 per acre foot and will sufficient S S S 1 water sater ater annually to ghe give one corn com complete watering to 21 acres v ich is Is almost equal to the total acre acre- acreage acreage acreage age now under irrigation here The capturing of the water nov nos I lost in the sinks presents a differ differ- different I ent cot problem In that no definite information seems t to be I as to where shere here this water goes The logical step to be taken to get this data would be to have a compe compe- competent competent tent geologist make a detailed sur- sur surey surey sur survey vey ey of the formation in which the sInks occur A record of the ater lost would also be of alue value A water conservation program of this kind will require a lot of by all concerned and due respect would have hate to be given established water sater va r rights The problem problem lem is not one concerning the tar far farmer far farmer mer alone but the business man mana mana mana a well sell ell and merits serious selous consider consider- atlon atlon by y aU aU all |