Show Chamber water project support Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce its support of the Jensen Unit of the Central Cental Utah Project and the Dry Fork Project including Trout Creek reservoir after a report from the Chamber Wa Water ter Resources Committee at the Tuesday noon noon directors meeting Hugh ugh W W. Colton chairman of the Water Resources Committee told of a two-month two program sponsored by the Chamber water group to hold meetings with the water entities of the valley in an effort to obtain culinary wat water r for everyone in Ashley Valley and Jensen without further loss of irrigation tion rights VERNAL VEnNAL CITY used up all of its legal water rights last year and needs to obtain more culinary water It must purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase irrigation water stock drill wells or obtain irrigation water in exchange for or water in Ashley Springs explained Colton Vernal City has already filed fileda a suit to claim more water from Ashley Springs by eminent domain from the irrigation companies TIlE THE JENSEN Project and the Dry Fork Project will supply an exchange basis for culinary water that would last until the year 2040 according to forecasts stated Colton This is the only source of additional water for the area and we must work together to obtain it Concerning a wide valley-wide water system Colton explained that after seven meetings three thre alternate plans have been discussed and only one w was acceptable to the water interests The first plan is td W enlarge Vernal City's water system to cover the valley Th The second is to form a wide valley water district to provide th the the system The only acceptable solution agreed upon was to td build a wide valley-wide culinary water system from contracts reported Colton ALSO REPORTING on the Jensen Project to Chamber members was L L. Y who stated the environmental draft of the project had been published but not yet released A public hearing will be held April 29 in Vernal Junior High School at 7 pm p.m. on the Jensen Unit environmental draft study After the hearing and a time for written statements a final draft will be drawn up for approval by all agencies concerned concerned concerned con con- explained IN ANOTHER report at the Chamber meeting Doyle Huber announced the names selected by the nominating committee to tobe tobe tobe be voted on as Chamber directors for the new year Those selected are Gene Anfinson Anfinson Anfinson An- An finson Ted Hatch Margaret Hemmert Lynn Clark Jim Adney Ralph A. A Gary Taylor Bill Sweet Frank Thomson and Harley Hales |