Show Local Water Manager Elected to Vice ice President of 7 State 7 Association II Lawrence Y manager of the Vernal Water Conservancy District was elected vice president of tile the I Colorado River Water Users As- As As r sedation Friday at the annual I meeting of the Association held in Las Vegas Nevada Mr will be ed to the presidency in 1970 He Heis Heis is former secretary manager of the Vernal Chamber of Com merce and is a director of the Central Utah Water Conser vancy District Ival V Goslin of Salt Lake City was elected surer of the association L J J Coury of Farmington New Mexico was elected president of the organization for 1969 MEMBERS OF the Assoc cation urged of million per year by Con gross gress to speed development of water resources in the West The said there now Is a backlog of authorized water projects 10 times the million annual budget reo re quest it urged Congress to al low The group said the delays threatened the economy of com com- communities and irrigation com who depend on water from the projects It said funding for water re le source development has ed in recent years while the economy gained and at present rates it would take 20 years for projects now authorized but not funded to be built THE state SEVEN SEVEN state resources I group said the tion will decrease flood hazards I make delivery of water to down stream users more efficient and improve water quality by reducing erosion Also approved was a ion expressing concern of west west- western ern water experts with proposals to set limits on how much more salty the water they use will be permitted to be returned to the river Unless a reasonable amount of degradation is legal rights to take water for productive pur pur- pur purposes poses might become valueless the association said Attending the meeting were representatives ves from Arizona Colorado California Nevada New Mexico Utah and Wyoming |