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Show jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiinmuiiiNiniiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiuiiuiniiiHHfliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitl Wednesday, Western Resources WRAP-U- P lllllllllllinilUIIUIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllliiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiinil Water policy conference, Duchesne bowling alley by Helene C. Monberg, of Engineer dams on the Delaware Costs of water and public health constraints will be the major factors affecting water policy in the next decade or so. River, he stated. Paul Kruse, an official of Pennzoil Corp., a former legislative assistant to Sen. Malcolm Wallop, predicted that major transbasin water transfers will continue to be under active consideration. As consumption and costs of water continue to rise, some transbasin waters transfers will become more feasible, he maintained. Among the current plans he mentioned now in the discussion stage are a $100 billion scheme .to move water from St. James Bay below Hudson Bay in Central Canada to arid Southwestern United States and a proposal to sell Western Colorado water to San Diego in Southern California. Druse reminded his audience that South Dakota was preparing to sell some of its Missouri River water for a proposed slurry pipeline until its plan was opposed in court by other Missouri River Basin states. Later the question became moot when the pipeline proposal was shelved, he Vernal Express Washington Correspondent Washington The well is already running dry in some parts of the country where demand for water has outstripped supply. Trends are already underway to use a permit system to allocate water, to institute new user charges, and to require full cost recovery for supplying water. g is inevitable in the construction of water projects and it will alter the relationship between the federal government and the states and local water districts and users. These points were among the most interesting raised by speakers at the 1985 water policy conference held here from Sept. 0 by the National Water Alliance (NWA) headed by Sen. DenCost-sharin- 18-2- nis DeConcini, up, he stated. PERMIT SYSTEM, USER CHARGES Hope Babcock, an attorney with the National Audobon Society, and Sara director of the Meyland, New York State Legislative Commission on the Water Resource Needs of Long Island, urged that states go to a permit system in allocating water. When water is sold as a commodity on the market, it is not always put to its highest and best use, as that is based on the erroneous assumption that the market place is well informed, and often it isnt, Ms. Meyland said. Water rights allocations tend to ignore future uses and do not include the whole ecosystem, she maintained. A permit system should be used, she advised. Ms. Babcock attacked state water rights as a means of allocating water. She said they ignore flows, and they dont provide water rights to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serflows to provice to assure tect the entire ecosystem. Market mechanisms providing for sales of water to the highest bidder do not provide for water quality, she said. Her solution: use permits. Ronald M. North of the University of Georgia predicted, We are moving toward a permitting system in allocating water. Jasper Davis, Thomasville, Ga., a manufacturer and distributor of waste water equipment, urged law makers to throw out present systems of water rights and start over. He made a radical proposal: that the federal government should own and control all sources of water but that it should designate the states or local water districts to allocate water with the understanding that there would be full cost recovery from water users. All water consumed should be paid for on the basis of market value and full cost recovery, he said. Gerald Hansler, executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission, said the Commission regulates new uses of water and has cut back on some old uses. It has instituted new user charges to help pay for the modification of two U.S. Army Corps m Christine Olsenius, vice president of the Freshwater Society of Navarre, Minn., predicted that water policy would be driven at national, regional and state levels by availability of funds to pay for the cost of water and by public health constraints. North, Sen. Pete Domenici, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, and Joe Folio, vice president of a Philadelphia engineering firm, g warned that is now a fact of life. Frankly, I dont see how we can get from where we are to where we cost-sharin- we want to be in starting new water jects without Count made services of Utah EMTs of PILT for schools Emergencies occur daily and through the voluntary assistance of the emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in the area many deaths or other tragedies have been prevented. All of the EMTs and ambulance crews are volunteers and are not paid for their time spent answering a call for help or for the many specialized training programs they complete. Statewide the week of 5 has been declared as Sept. Emergency Medical Services Week. An open house has been scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 2 from 7 to 9 t. Stewart has been appointed to state security licensing board. The appointment was made by Gov. Norman Bangerter in SHERIFF ARDEN r. pro- cost-sharin- Domenici stated. g is now in vogue, legislatively speaking, and those who want to develop water projects must learn to deal with it, Folio advised. g is North said nothing new in federal water projects, but the percentages involved would be higher in the future, from about 30 percent now to 70 percent in the future. The decrease in the amount of money put up by the feds will alter the relationship between the federal water agencies and the participants in water projects in many ways, North pointed out. TWO DECISIONS HURT CORPS, BUREAU Washington Two decisions to allow a bowling alley to be built at Duchesne, Utah (pop. 1,500), through the Central Utah Project (CUP) by the Bureau of Reclamation, and to allow a shopping center to be built on wetlands at Attleboro, Mass., by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, have hurt the two federal water agencies. Acting Reclamation Commissioner Clifford Barrett told Western Resources Wrap-u- p (WRW) on Sept. 19 that he approved the bowling alley while he was regional director of the Salt Lake City regional office of the Bureau of Reclamation in 1983. Cost-sharin- Sheriff Stewart appointed to security licensing board p.m. at the ambulance garage, 138 West 200 North. The garage is located just north of the hospital. Ambulance crew members are encouraging the public to attend to see firsthand the many valuable services EMTs profor vide the community. The week honoring EMTs and other individuals associated with emergency medicine was established of by the American College Emergency Physicians (ACEP). One of the main purposes of EMS week is to enhance public awareness of advances in emergency care and of emergency medicine as a specialty. Last year the week was officially recognized by both houses of Congress and by President Reagan. The week started off with a special ceremony in Salt Lake City in which several persons involved in emergency services were honored. Virginia Ewell of Vernal was honored as EMS nurse of the year. Ewell is an emergency nurse at Ashley Valley Medical Center. To help local hospitals observe the week, ACEP has developed a packet of information explaining special that will aid EMS programs in employees performance of their duties. Locally the hospital staged a mock air plane disaster. The air disaster occurred at the Vernal airport and was complete with a number of victims including one who allegedly died. The EMTs involved in the drill were dispatched to the airport to pick up and treat victims. The hospital is required to successfully pass two mock disasters each year. In observance of the week hospital personnel are also encouraging the public to become better informed about CPR and general first aid. They are challenging households to have at least one member of the family certified in CPR or first aid. For information on classes contact or Kathie Stettler Sherry Brendemuhl at The annual Public Law 874 Survey was conducted in the Uintah School District Oct. 1. Public Law 874 was enacted by the U.S. Congress to allow school districts to apply for funds w'hen a percentage of parents with students within the district are employed on or federal lands. e The funds are not addition money to district, but are paid in lieu of taxes which the district does not receive from federal lands. Including Ashley National Forest, Dinosaur National Monument, Jones Holes National Fish Hatchery, Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, Uintah-Oura- y Indian Reservation and Public Domain lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management or Bureau of Reclamation 92 percent of the land in Uintah County is e. The is made survey by enumerators calling at homes to receive information on employment. Since it is impossible to contact all homes in one day, persons were asked to make note of where they were working Oct. 1. Oil field workers are requested to note the rig number or location of work Oct. 1. Counted in the survey are those who were working on land on the survey date or those who may not have been on land on that date, but do work on such land 50 percent of the time. e Also counted are those who have grazing or farming leases and spend 50 percent of their time on such leases during the three summer months. Those who work for river expeditions or who work on interstate highway construction and military personnel on active duty. 789-334- cost-sharin- non-feder- non-feder- The Bureau told WRW on Sept. 24 the total cost of the bowling alley, which is to be opened on Oct. 1, will be $406,000, of which the Bureau will pay $375,000 and the city of Duchesne will pay $31,000. The city will pay for operation and maintenance. The Bureau also told WRW that 75 percent of the cost of the bowling alley, or $218,250, would have to be repaid by the CUP water users. Twenty percent of the people living in Duchesne work for the Bureau but live in trailer camps, so the city is not receiving property taxes from them, taxes from nor does it recieve the feds to help pay for such city services as police and fire protection. So the Bureau and the city some years ago began to investigate ways to mitigate this impact and settled on a recreational facility which includes a bowling alley, movie projector and screen, community meeting room, childs playroom and refreshment stand. They took the plan to Rep. who got Howard Nielson, $300,000 earmarked for the bowling alley through funds for CUP in the 1984 Congressional Appropriations Act. The story broke in Utah last month when Duchesne advertised in the Salt Lake City papers for a manager of the new bowling alley. Both Salt Lake City papers carried editorials criticising the project. Of interest, the Deseret News states, voters (in Utah) will soon be asked to approve going into debt for $335 million more to finish the CUP Bonneville Unit. ..CUP is now estimated to cost more than $2 Governor Norman Bangerter has appointed Uintah County Sheriff Arden Stewart to the State of Utah Security Licensing Board. Stewart received the announcement of his appointment to the board He will serve for a in period of two years. Board members meet approximately every two to three months to review all applications for private security organizations in the state. Members have the authority to issue new licenses to security companies and private investigators that are not employed through state run agencies or businesses. They also may refuse applications for security licenses. r. was available near Attleboro which would not have required any wetland loss. The Corps Attleboro shopping mall decision has been brought up repeatedly at oversight hearings on the Environmental Pollution Subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in recent months. It was a factor in Sens. Robert T. Stafford, John H. Chaffee, and George J. Mitchell, seeking Gordon J. Humphrey, to delay a vote on the confirmation of Robert K. Dawson to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for civil works. billion. The New England division engineer of the Corps of Engineers in June issued a permit, under the Corps 404 regulatory program, to allow a shopping mall to be built on 30 acres of wetlands near Attleboro, Mass. He had initially planned to deny the permit until he was ordered by the Corps here to issue it. Environmentalists have been extremely critical of the Corps for allowing a shopping center, which is not t, to be built on wetlands, particularly as another site In addition to issuing new licenses, the board has the authority to pull existing security licenses. Board members will also be responsible for investigating complaints that are lodged against security companies or private investigators. There are several other members on the board in addition to Sheriff Stewart. selected Governor Bangerter Stewart for the position because of his impressive credentials as a law enforcement officer. In a letter to Stewart, Bangerter said this is an important function and one which relates to critical and sensitive public safety issues. We are confident of your ability, credentials and interest in serving on this important state board. Stewart said he is pleased about his recent appointment. In addition to the licensing board, he is also a member of other state and local boards such as the Crime Prevention Committee which oversees a number of public awareness programs. Members oversee such programs as Officer Friendly, Neighborhood Watches and McGruff. Stewart is the director of Region G as a member of the executive committee of the Utah Peace Officers Association, a member of the Uintah Basin Law Enforcement Association and is the chairmen of the local jail board. Read All About your hometown in the u water-dependen- 3 Week set aside to honor noted. WELL RUNNING DRY SAYS DURENBERGER Sen. David F. Durenberger, NWA and chairman. of the Environment Oversight Subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, was the first of a number of speakers who warned that water shortages are already showing up in certain parts of the country, particularly in the eight High Plains states served by the Ogallala Aquifer. At the end of World War II the Ogallala was 500 million acre-fee- t, the largest body of freshwater in the world. Today it is 360 million acre-fee- t. By the end of the century, just 15 years from now, it is projected that the Ogallala will have fallen to 196 million acre-fee- t. Sixty percent of the resource will have been used up in just 60 years time, he said. It will take generations to restore. Today the annual withdrawal rate is 6 million acre-fee- t. The recharge rate. ...is only 3 percent of that. Nature is putting back only 3 percent of what we take out each year. It will take 1,000 years for the rainfall to restore the water that we have mined just since the end of World War II, Durenberger stated. Some farms in the Lubbock area of Texas which used water from the Ogallala for irrigation have already reverted to dry-lan- d farming. As the Ogallala continues to drop, it will drastically affect life styles and growth in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas, he observed. The quality of water in aquifers is also deteriorating because of contamination by pollutants, Durenberger warned. He said the General Accounting Office recently found 1100 wells had been closed in just seven states due to groundwater contamination. An aquifer in the Denver area contaminated by defense activities and pesticides may cost $1.3 billion to clean Veflial fopfeSS October 2. 1985 THEHNOW! The King of Rock and Roll THEN: Elvis Presley burst on the music scene in 1955 and 1956 with such hits as Heartbreak Hotel and Hound Dog. 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