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Show NOTICE TO WATER USERS Notice is hereby given that the Utah Water and Power Board, 425 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, has filed a request for extension ex-tension of time from the State Engineer to make and submit Proof of Appropriation under Application Ap-plication No. 19599 (71-1179), covering 6500 act. ft. of water to be diverted from Pinto Creek, which is tributary to Sevier Lake, in Iron County, Utah, to be used for irrigation purposes. It is represented that the New- castle Reservoir Company under! dates of March 26, 1956, and Oc- j tober 30, 1958, contracted with! the Utah Water and Power Board j for construction of the Newcastle Reservoir Dam. Construction was completed in April of 1959 at a I total cost of $313,817.21. At full! stage the reservoir has a capaci-1 ty of 3326.5 ac. ft. and inundates; 162 acres of land. It is planned to raise the dam 1.7 feet and the! spillway flow line 3 feet for an I additional 500 ac. ft. of storage! for the Utah Fish and Game De-1 partment at an estimated cos of $10,000. The additional storage stor-age will be covered by this application ap-plication by filing a change application ap-plication to change the purpose of use of the additional 500 ac. ft. of water for a fishery. The water presently stored is used as a supplemental supply for the irrigation ir-rigation of 6500 acres of cropland. crop-land. Additional time is necessary neces-sary to complete this project and submit Proof of Appropriation. Protests resisting the granting of said request with reasons therefor, must be submitted in duplicate and filed with the State Engineer, 412 State Capitol. Salt Lake City, Utah, on or before be-fore March 26, 1966. A hearing will be held on this request before the State Engineer Engi-neer at 9:00 a. m., Wednesday, April 20, 19G6, at the County Courthouse, Parowan, Utah. Protestants should appear at the hearing. Hubert C. Lambert STATE ENGINEER (Published in the Iron County Record. Cedar City, Utah, from tFeb. 10, 17, and 24, 1966.) |