Show State Gives Reasons For Water Vater Appropriations State Engineer T. T II humpherys Hum Hum- In Inthe the following state answers inquiries from froni citizens newspaper editors and groups as ns to reasons for water filings lUngs made in his office by bV tin the Utah Water Waler Stora Storage e Commission Commis Commis- slot Ion and other state and withdrawing of streams further tp cp outs among water filings made in th the tha office of the State Engineer the tha past two years ears are ceral applications by the Utah Water Storage Commission to appropriate ap up- water from streams on which possible projects for storIe stor- stor ege Ie anti and industrial purposes arc are be beIng being being be- be ing Investigated i flu 1113 filings are arc made In order to protect the tho of th the public speculators and nuisance e and to Insure that water will wll be held for such projects as asare asare are 81 fond ond feasible I In due the water will still be assigned as assigned assigned as- as signed to the water wolter users who will sponsor spencer or end and pay for the projects where wIn pro projects arc are found to be feasible If It ToO ro project ct is constructed the he application relating to It will willbe willbo be bo rejected or allowed to lapse in to clear the records In he bc p past lat t about 75 filings have bel be nade by the state covering al almost almost almost al- al most every large stream In the theOf Of late hate they have been asto as- as to the water storage co con COTI- ml Some Came were rc ned tl as I many manyas nl as o 3 years cars ago 11 An example of th the procedure can be he ct d in the instance of the Echo reservoir project water ater for which vas filed on by the state It was assigned I to the water users usera free of charge at the time the I project was WitS built through action of ot the state legislature I I At present th the commission has I filings on most of the streams where small mall reservoirs are contemplated In contemplation of possible water projects the state has made IllIngs fil filIngs filings Ill Ill- ings in Kane Washington and Dea Beaver ver counties to include the Virgin Virgin Virgin Vir Vir- gin river and its tributaries the Parla Paria river in Kane county the Colorado river and in Beaver count coun- coun t ty the North Fork ol of North creek Certain streams and tributaries of ot the Bear and Green rivers were withdrawn ll from fron further appropriation appropriation by action of Governor Henry II If Bood WOOd November ember 0 9 1933 1938 in vleN view of the extensive investigation of possible water projects being conducted con con- 1 dueled ducted by the U. U S. S Bureau of Reclamation and the water storage I commission These waters may be bo restored to appropriation at any any time by proclamation prods procla mation matlon by the Governor en on recommendation recon recon- I of the state engineer and will be done so where projects are found to be feasible I |