Show I I Green River Water mater Restored As Central Utah Project Looms Governor George D Clyde has issued a proclamation re re- re restoring storing to appropriation aU all sure s plus waters of tributaries of 01 the Green River on the south slopes of the Uinta MOuntains In a proclamation dated Do- Do December cember 19 1946 the j governor had suspended the right of the public to appropriate wate r from the following sources GREEN RIVER in Daggett and Uintah counties Lit Wt tie t 1 e Brush Creek Brush Creek Ash ley Creek Uintah Uintah River Yellow Yellowstone stone Creek Lake Fork Creek Rock Creek Duchesne River Strawberry River Provo River Spanish Fork Creek and all trio tri tributaries of the streams The suspension of filings was to protect surplus spring waters waters in anticipation of a major pub pub- public lie lic use The major use has ma ma- materialized with the proposed Cen Cen- Central Utah Project The Central Utah Conservancy cy District has been organized and the U S Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation mation has completed plans pIau and is preparing for actual con INVOLVED INVOLVE D IS the major part of feet acre of water allotted to utah by the Upper Colorado River Commis s a Ion I o n from the Upper Basins Basin's share of 75 million feet acre of water per year available under the Colorado River Compact State Engineer Way n e D Criddle currently is accepting applications for the water ater Filings may bo be made b by irrigation companies or other groups which are required to prove their ability to store and use the water APPLICATIONS will bE con con- considered for speculation monopoly oly and other factors Most of the water will be stored and distributed und and eo e r the Central Utah Project with allocations to be made as part of the project The full text of the restoration proclamation may be found on page 30 10 |