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Show Water Hearing Set for November 24 The Salt Lake City field hearing of the Senate Select Committee on National Water Resources has been set for Tuesday, November 24, at the Newhouse Hotel, Senator Frank E. Moss has announced. The committee will report to the senate next year its findings on the outlook for the nation's usable water supplies through 1980. Senator Sena-tor Moss, a member, is in charge of arrangements for the Salt Lake hearing. "Invitations to appear before the committee are being issued to Utahns from all parts of the state," the senator said. "Included are representatives of water users associations; as-sociations; state, county, and city government officials; electric power pow-er distributors; and representatives representa-tives of chambers of commerce and other organizations interested in community development," he said. The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will be open to the public. pub-lic. Previously scheduled one day earlier, the meeting has been changed to Tuesday to allow a Monday hearing in Albuquerque, Senator Moss said. "For study purposes, the com- (Comtinued on Back Page) HERE'S MORE ABOUT Water Hearing Continued from Fage One mittee has divided the nation into 22 water resources regions, plus Hawaii and Alaska," the senator 1 explained. "In Salt Lake, we will be seeking information on two of these the Great Basin and the Colorado Basin. "The committee staff, assisted by four nationally noted water consultants, con-sultants, is supervising studies now underway by 20 federal departments, de-partments, 50 state agencies, and public and private power associations. associa-tions. Three special surveys are being be-ing made by private firms," he said. |