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Show The Daily Herald " Sunday, April 2, 199S J: f Cashing in on Utah's finest resource njprssyi'flRTO They say it takes money to make money. Water can make money, too. Utah needs $2 billion to handle its water needs over the next 10 years, said Ted Stewart, executive director with the Utah De- partment of Natural Resources. Selling excess Utah water that California is now getting for free is one possible solution for rais- 4 I - AP Photo 'Here piggy, piggy' hog didn't want to go to the market. Or appeared recently on a road south of Kaiispeil, Mont., when one of Bob Oanford's 32 sidewall in the hogs jumped over a This so BttSe it back of his truck. Danford, who is a purist, was hau!ing the load or hogs to the market when one escaped, it took five men and 20 minutes to capture the errant little piggy. ing these funds. Stewart spoke this month at the Utah Water Users' workshop in St. George, by Utah State University Extension Service. The annual conference, which attracted some 400 water leaders from around the state, covered 21 topics ranging from ground water management plans to endangered species. Stewart said he is uneasy with the idea of selling Utah water, but he said he is even more uncomfortable knowing California is getting it at no cost, He said of the 1 .4 million acre feet of Colorado River water Utah is allocated annually, the state uses only 900,000 acre feet. More than 480,000 acre feet of this water that legally belongs tc Utah goes unused by its residents each year. Why not market it and use d the money earned for water projects around the much-neede- "It's Government watching what we eat - Gov of their total calories from fat, WASHINGTON (AP) down from 36 percent in 1987-8- 8 ernment researchers are develop and 40 percent in 1977-7ing a profile of the American diet, Nutritionists recommend diets spading out scores of interviewers in which no more than 30 percent t$ talk to about 6,000 people of calories come from fat. yfoung, old and ages in between The last survey also found that what eat. they apout about half of Americans ate fruit or ! It s part of the Agriculture De- uiltlll s luiiuiiuiiig n itai " t drank fruit juice on any given day. ui America program, used to The recommendation is two to four onitor eating habits. servings daily. The interviews take about 30 This year, the second year of the minutes 6 and are being conducted are interviewers survey, Rocking on the doors of 1 ,500 by the Rockville, Md., research Households in 28 states and the firm Westat Inc. Interviewers have restrict of Columbia to find 6,000 been trained by the firm and carry people who represent the entire photo identification badges. U.S. population. Also, "no government agencies, including USDA, will have j "We need everyone's cooperation to ensure that we get an accur- access to information that identiate picture of what foods Amerifies respondents," said Judith cans are eating and how much, as Meader, survey field director with well as what they know about the Westat. USDA says the information will relationship of diet to health," said nutritionist Alanna Moshfegh, help target nutrition hjead of the survey group in education programs to those who USDA's Agricultural Research need them most, predict the deService. mand for agricultural products and In the last three-yesurvey, monitor the adequacy of American rediets. conducted from 1989-9The data also will help USDA searchers found that Americans 34 determine whether Americans are an yere getting average percent 8. 2 '4-9- 1 policy-make- rs ar 1, ooai sugar preaicte -- using and understanding nutrition labels on the foods they eat and to determine whether and how diets change when someone participates in a food assistance program. By the end of 1996, the department wiil have collected information on the eating habits of about 15,000 Americans in this latest three-yesurvey. ar - WASHINGTON (AP) The Agriculture Department says it is strengthening its Animal Welfare Act regulations to ensure that animal dealers and exhibitors keep accurate and complete records. The USDA is amending the regulations to require that dealers, exhibitors and operators of auction sales certify they are in compliance with the regulations before applying for a license renewal. Dealers and exhibitors also will be required to use certain forms to make, keep and maintain the animal identification records required by the regulations. The final rule was published in the March 15 Federal Register and takes effect April 14. (AP) Worldwide sugar production in fiscal year 1995 is expected to fall sort of demand, but the gap has narrowed considerably, according t$ Jhe latest Agriculture Depart-n$er- it forecast. I Global production is forecast at 1J3.6 million metric tons, while cOsumption is projected to be 14.1 million metric tons. That leaves a shortfall of 500.000 tons, compared with USDA's December estimate of .2 million tons. U.S. sugar production in the fis-year that ends Sept. 30 is forecast at 8.24 million short tons, or 7)57 million metric tons, a 7.3 percent increase from fiscal 1994. A sljort ton is 2,000 pounds, a metric ton about 2,200 pounds. 'The world production forecast was pushed up by 1 million tons from the December forecast largely because of higher production 1 expected for Brazil, Mexico, the United States, Thailand, Pakistan and Australia. Production forecasts were lowered for Turkey, Indonesia and the Philippines, while the forecast for Cuba remained unchanged. Consumption forecasts were raised by a moderate 350,000 tons from the December estimate. USDA attributed the increased projections to stronger demand in China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Brazil. cI - WASHINGTON (AP) The government's forecast for U.S. corn exports rose by 50 million bushels this month to 2 billion bushels, bolstered largely by dry weather that is reducing corn yield prospects in South Africa. The forecast for the season average farm price of U.S. corn is $2. 15 to $2.25 per bushel. The projections for U.S. sorghum exports remained unchanged at 5.6 million tons, the Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service said. The sorghum price range was narrowed to $2.00 to $2.10 per bushel. Their study also took in 450,-58- 0 surface acres of Utah's lakes, or about 94 percent of the total lake acres in the state. Of this they found 50 percent to be stabe, 30 percent improved and 20 percent degraded. Factors af: fecting lake and reservoir water quality were nutrients, siltation; dissolved oxygen and noxious aquatic plants such as algae; Toole said. Some areas of concern include propos- East Canyon Reservoir (nu trients dissolved oxygen), Reservoir (nutrients, siltar tion), Minersville Reservoir (nutrients, dissolved oxygen), Scofield Reservoir (nutrients, dissolved oxygen), and Mantua Reservoir (nutrients, aquatic plants). Toole said ground water quali-- . ty in Utah remains relatively good. This is important because the state depends significantly on ground water for drinking water? There are now 393 public water systems in Utah that depend on ground water as a source. tion." But whether you sell it or keep it, just how good is Utah's water? This topic was addressed by Harry Judd and Thomas Toole, both enviromental scientists with the Utah Division fo Water Quality. They reported that of the miles m Hy-ru- Robert Morgan, state 5,-7- of rivers and streams i engi- neer, said he is currently evaluating ground water basins through- they studied, equal to about 35 percent of the state's estimated out 16,547 miles of rivers and streams, 60 percent were found to be good to excellent in water quality. Sixteen percent, however, were found to be "not supporting." This means that water quality criteria were not met, particularly regarding chloro-phand phosphorous counts and overall clearness. "In spite of the growth occurring in Utah, the quality has improved or is being maintained in 80 percent of our streams," Judd said. "However, there are areas that do have water quality problems, and they need to be ad- Utah. said He as development increases, stress i being placed on our ground water supplies through overuse and "We need to preserve our ground water," he said. It is not an infinite source. It is finite. We need to put it to beneficial use, but preserve it." He calls this a yl "Chuck-A-Rama- approach! " That is, take only what you can use and use only what you take. , He said it is important that we manage our underground water like an underground reservoir. There are fluctuations. Some years there will be more water and other years less. The env phasis should be on preserving dressed." The most serious threat to water quality in Utah today comes the supply , not depleting it. Your fsmity frtends and business 8 Message Capacity 20 Digits Per Message One Button Control Automatic Lighting Clock and Time Stamp 4 Programmable Alert Options Including Silent Vibration NEC MULTIPLE COLORS AVALABIi! SEE CUR FULL LINE OF MOTOROLA PAGERS STARTING - WASHINGTON (AP) Agriculture Department economists are predicting the 1994 U.S. cotton crop will be the largest ever at 19.73 million bales. The 1993 crop was 16.13 million bales. The department last week forecast total U.S. cotton supplies at 23.27 bales, which is 5,000 more than last month's forecast. During calendar 1994, U.S. textile exports rose to a record 2.8 billion pounds, up 9 percent from said. sistent with Federal Reserve Water Rights doctrine to allow the sale of water off the reserva- associates are Jyst a p&sne ca3 away witb this aftenfabte NES aageri ll WASHINGTON a dissolved solids (salinity), nutrients such as phosphorus and. metals are the main causes of water pollution in the state, he, ition," he said. In other words, water that is not needed or used flows down to the next water user. "That is the way it is with all water users," he said. "It shouldn't be any different with Indian reservations. It is not con- state? Nevada, particularly Las Vegas, is thirsty for Utah's excess water and has offered to lease it for the next 100 years. To be equitable to other states in the upper basin, Stewart proposes that Utah and surrounding states, and Indian tribes with Colorado River rights, create a "water bank" for their excess water. This way all the states in the upper basin can work together in marketing water they do not use. How much water American Indians can market, however, is limited, said Michael Quealy, Utah state assistant attorney general. During the same session, Quealy said there are currently 10 to 12 tribes up and down the Colorado River who are interested in marketing thier excess water. Farmers, mining companies. from nonpoint sources of po!lur tion, including urban and agricultural runoff. Sediments, total Las Vegas, water conservancy districts and others are all looking to lease this water from various tribes. This raises serious problems for other users downstream. Quealy said where Congress has created Indian reservations, the courts have ruled that water rights pertain only to reservation uses. 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