Show two reservoirs recommended for morgan county plans and cost estimates of 40 small reservoirs which could be built in utah as postwar projects to provide additional dit ional supplies of irrigation water are contained in the biennial report of state engineer ed H watson copy ot of which was received november 17 at the office of governor herbert B maw costs of the proposed reservoirs would vary from a few thousand dollars to two reservoirs are arc proposed for morgan county at an estimated cost of one reservoir at a site on hardscrabble Is expected to cost and the other on dry creek other recommendations contained in the report is one that the state engineers gi gl office be removed from control of the department of engineering and be made independent subject only to the control of the governor as it was before the reorganization program of 1911 also that section providing for abandonment and forfeiture of water rights be made applicable to underground as well as surface water that state engineer be given authority to require the cleaning and repair of ditches canals and pipe lines to prevent waste of water that legislation be enacted to prevent issuance of stock in ili corporation or mutual associations to evidence water rights without an investigation vesti gation of the water supply by the state engineer and the finding that there is an adequate and dependable supply that section on priorities between appropriators 1 be amend amended e d to abolish distinctions between purposes purpose s of use in times of scarcity that time lime for filing notice of claim to underground water be extended to march 22 1947 that county recorders be required to file with the state engineer duplicates duli dull cates of all instruments transferring water rights evidenced ced by certificates issued by the state engineer or by court decrees that a new section be enacted to require filing of notices of claims to surface water in substantially the same manner as notices of claims to underground water that the state engineer be authorized to republish notices to water users to correct mistakes in the description of the proposed point of diversion or place of use |