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Show The pump testing project was conducted through the Utah Agricultural ExStation in periment cooperation with Utah V4 ""-- Power and Light Company. This test of pump plant efficiencies was considered the first step in energy conservation and reduced operating costs. Owners are advised to balance the energy savings against the cost of repairs or replacements needed to improve Wft4 PUMP TESTS Efficiency of this irrigation pump will be disclosed in results of test conducted by Utah State University Department of the Agriculture and Irrigation Engineering. Water pumping done inefficiently Richard E. Griffin, Extension Water Resource Utah State Specialist, By University. Whether pumping from wells or from surface water many Utah supplies, irrigators have been paying more than necessary for the energy expended. A Utah pump testing project disclosed that 75 percent of the pumps were operating below 66 percent efficiency, considered which is standard. In fact, in over 120 tests made in 1977 the average efficiency was 54.5 percent. In 233 tests made during 1978 the average efficiency was 55 percent. Some 40 percent of those tested in 1978 were operating below 55 percent. Since effort was made to test a cross section of the irrigation pumps in Utah, we feel that this indicates a lot of room for improvement in pumping efficiency over the state. Personnel of the Utah State University Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering Department conducted the tests. Data collected indicates that a potential savings of 20 percent could be achieved if all the pumping plants in Utah were brought up to 66 percent plant efficiency. Taking into consideration total irrigation pumping energy used in the state, we see that this improvement could bring a potential savings of over one million dollars annually in pumping costs for Utah in efficiency irrigators. the pump ef- ficiency. In the past, the rule of thumb has said that you can afford to spend for or pump repairs replacement three times expected annual amount of energy savings. Under the current situation of escalating costs of energy, you may wt multiply by a value of foi or more. If you have a pump test that indicates your unit FARM, RANCH Native grasses recede in County by Gary D. Moreau Do you take rangeland for Almost everyone does, and has for even here in centuries the Carbon - Emery area. When the Carbon Emery area was first settled, in the early 1870s the land supported vast communities of bush and bunchgrass. The lower rolling foothills and the higher mountain slopes in the county were covered with a dense growth of perennial grasses, a scattering of shrubs and forbs. Muttongrass and Indian ricegrass were the most abundant. Needle granted? -- Summer and Fall. They are not as desirable as the Bunchgrasses they are not original because dependable. Other areas have become so thickly covered with sagebrush and Pinion - Juniper that grazing values have been greatly reduced. Soil erosion- - can be when serious range vegetation is not managed DroDerlv. Whenever in April, 197V Prairie Junegrass, and Wildryes occurred in lessor repairs er amounts. Growing with replacements, you may these were grasses find it to your advantage to sufficient plant residue is left to maintain the soil or control runoff, fertile topsoil is carried away and gullies are produced. Also lack of adequate vegetation reduces the moisture that can penetrate into the soil. The sales of hot tubs in- creased by 200 percent last year, numbering about 30,000 units. Hardworking Feet Deserve Wild Yarrow, Bftlsamroot, Geranium, Ti'EI'SLHT Lupina, Hawksbeard, Muleseardock, Showy &PECQ3 BOOTS goldoneye, and other forbs. Bitterbrush at Safety Steel Toe Cushioned Insole higher elevations and Salt bushes at lower elevations, both are very desirable shrubs and grew on many slopes and exposures. Scattered patches of big sagebrush and Rabbitbrush grew on many of these sites in lesser amounts than is now present. At the present time large areas of once high forage bunchgrass producing range has been replaced with stands of Cheatgrass and annual weeds. These annuals have a low forage value during a short period in the Spring, and are a fire hazard during late Snring c7o Bo RED WING Stores: East Main in Price and Castle Dale Both 14 J) zomm ziaPArjv- - Manufacturers of Corrugated 19 grasses, Bluegrasses, needs consider more than the costs related to potential energy savings. You also may consider the interest rate and the income tax bracket you are in if the investment can be claimed on your income tax. Savings in power costs constitute the biggest value of a pump test. It often pinpoints the cause of an unusually high power bill. a It also provides management tool for many irrigators and helps keep tab on the groundwater level. Buyers of property and mortgage companies are beginning to require a recent pump test report to confirm the efficiency of any pumping unit on the property before buying or before issuine a loan. GARDEN Edition SlSeteol & Concrete Pipe Distributors of Water Works Equipment Full Line of Sprinkler System Piping South Highway SO & 6, Helper, 472-344- 6 |