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Show Iron County water needs told to Water Resources Board Critical needs of water in Iron County were detailed for member of the Utah Board of Water Resources in a special meeting held in Cedar City : I of water in Cedar City. Under the present culinary system of the city they have available 9 second feet of water. To meet the peak it would require re-quire 10 second feet. Only the utilization of 7,-000,000 7,-000,000 in storage capacity has made it possible for Cedar City to meet the needs of the city during the extremely dry year, officials pointed out. Population has grown from 6,000 to nearly 10,000 over the 20 year period; over the same period of time the underground under-ground water table has re-ceeded re-ceeded between 35 to 40 feet and at the present time much of Cedar City's needs are met through underground water rights. Further methods of storage rights were introduced to the Water Board including the capturing of surface water in the Ashdown Gorge, a project that has been temporarily abandoned. this past week. Officials from the Iron County Coun-ty Commission and Cedar City Corporation conducted a tour of Iron County and its water supply sources to point out the critical need, and proposed methods of acquisition to meet the current needs as well as the needs of the future. Officials of the area reiterated reiter-ated their partition to the Water Board for 10,000 acre feet of water from the Crystal Springs and Kolob Reservoir area and an, onsight inspection inspec-tion of that proposed project was made by members of the Board. Also visited was the Duck Creek Springs and Navajo Lake area where water rights ire divided between the Sevier Sev-ier and the Virgin drainage areas. The Board confirmed Cedar City's rights on waters contained con-tained in Kolob Reservoir, but officials here emph asized that they prefered that the Kolob project not be made a part of the Dixie Project Cedar City officials are will-ing will-ing to undertake the project on their own. In Cedar City the Increased utilization of water has been brought about through population popu-lation expansion and industrial indust-rial expansion. Over the past 20 years, it was pointed out, water needs have nearly doubled. This year the peak day requires 6,500,000 gallons |