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Show Pioneer spirit alive in Iron County using more than $491,000 from the fund; Iron County shows 9 projects, amounting to more than $641,000; Kane County has 5 projects for $109,141; and Washington County has 21 projects, amounting to a little more than $1,690,000 from ; the fund. In addition, a number of towns, such as Brian Head, Silver Reef, T ica boo, Enoch, Parowan and others, have benefitted from the Board's Cities Water Loan Program, which helps cities and towns to improve their culinary water systems. Urie notes that while other states may conserve con-serve water by using less, Utah takes an additional stance that water conservation con-servation in this State also involves saving spring runoff water in reservoirs and dispensing it wisely to multiple users throughout the year. Through the Division of Water Resources and the Board of Water Resources, Utah is developing its rural water supplies by building dams and other diversions for combined agriculture, industrial and municipal users. Agriculture still gets the biggest share of the water, but the competition com-petition for water is increasing, in-creasing, and that may mean that agriculture will yield some of its commanding share to industries and municipalities. Inasmuch as Utah is the second-driest state, it can't afford to let . its water trickle away. Urie mentions that the Board of Water Resources administers several , programs to support and encourage rural water development. The oldest program involves the Revolving Construction Fund. It's the pioneer spirit of people involved in water resource development in Utah's southern counties that intrigues Roy P. Urie, Cedar City. Urie represents Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Washington and Kane counties as a member of the Utah Board of Water Resources. Developing water resources requires some hard work, a few sacrifices and a little dreaming too. But without that pioneer spirit water would never get developed, according to Urie. Urie, practically a lifelong resident of Cedar City, was named to the Board two years ago. He retired in 1976 as a mining engineer for the U.S. Steel Corp. He is a member of the Cedar City Planning Commission and the Southern Utah State College Alumni Council and is a former Cedar City Councilman. In addition, he's a registered and licensed professional land surveyor. sur-veyor. A review of water resource development involving funds from the Board's various programs in his five-county five-county area shows a number of recent and important projects. Modifications have been made to the Upper Enterprise En-terprise Reservoir in Washington County, including a new dam outlet, installation of a drain and filter and replacement of dam materials, particularly on the upstream face of the dam structure. N Also, the Escalante Development Project is planned in Garfield County, estimated to cost $3.77 million. Sponsored ' by the New Escalante Irrigation Co., the project is a gravity pressure sprinkler irrigation system lor 2,530 acres of farmland. Construction includes a new reservoir, feeder canal and pipeline and diversion dams on North Creek and Birch Creek. Then there's a new project sponsored by the llenrieville Irrigation Co. lor about 800 acres of land 40 miles southeast of Panguitch. It's a sprinkler irrigation system expected to cost about $400,000. There's also a $130,000 sprinkler irrigation project north of Escalante by the Pine Creek Irrigation Co. Iron County lists the New Castle Reservoir Sprinkler Irrigation Project, estimated to cost over $740,000. And Red Creek Dam was recently enlarged and modified at a cost of $400,000. Washington County lists a $233,000 sprinkler irrigation project lor the Pine Valley Irrigation Co., to serve about 470 acres. Using money from the Board's Revolving Construction Fund, Beaver County has had 14 projects totaling over $1,075,000. Garfield Cou.ifv lias 12 projects, |