Show An IAn Appeal to Everyone Interested in the Future of Utah Ufah From the Utah Water Wafer Users Association I More than thirty years ago a large group of the citizens of Salt Lake City and Og- Og Ogden den clen joined in providing a fund of with which to promote the conservation of the flood waters of the Weber Ogden and Provo Rivers Many years passed before their efforts were rewarded with success Surely these men may point with pride to an annual crop value of under the Weber project and with greater pride to the tremendous help given by Utah to the war effort which help was as made possible b by the conservation of the waters of these rivers A much greater task confronts us Water users from all parts of the state are gathered t together in the Utah Water Users Association and again they call for aid The total capacity of the three great reservoirs Weber Ogden and Deer upon Creek you is less than acre feet Aside from Deer Peer Creek the total reservoir capacity owned by Salt Lake City is about acre feet The Utah Water Users Association is purely and simply a promotional organization composed of a group of citizens interested in the further development of Uta Utah with rn in appreciation of the fact that the entire economy of the future of Utah is tied to the po possibility of the development of our wat water r resources Rather than attempting to o 0 make the organization a state agency it has been determined that the undertaking should be financed on th the basis of local with the state divided into six districts with representation from all of the six districts on the Board of Directors so that a complete and comprehensive promotional program of all water resources of the state may be developed The association does oes not anticipate doing the actual engineering engineer- engineer in ine ing work on the various water projects but it does anticipate finding and ways means of providing either on a local county or state basis or by an appeal to the National Reclamation Bureau to obtain the engineering which necessary upon the foundation ot of all waters developed must be laid and then using all of its facilities and resources resources and all of the manpower associated with it to bring about the completion of the projects which aro proven feasible It is anticipated that through private subscription approximately each ma may be obtained and it is year proposed that we request the Board of County Commissioners Commission Commission- ers of each of the counties in the state to provide to the tion Utah Water U Users rs Association Association an amount of money equal to two valuation of the one-hundredths one of one mill based on assess assessed i respective counties This for the corporation to administer would provide a total of approximately 20 its affairs and would provide it with the office necessary necessary sary assistance legal counsel and an engineer who would be responsible for far the promotion of the engineering on all nil projects The water problems of the State of Utah may be subdivided into five general problems 1st More 1st-More More than one and one-half one mil mil- constructed that lion acre feet of water discharge will permit her to use annually part of waters allocated to us and by long into the Great Salt Lake a large part of years use set claim a for up which be permanent can cnn conserved The evaporation right thereto Wisdom dictates dictates we we must annually from the Surface of Great Salt put our allocated share of the Colorado Lake is more than three million acre feet River to beneficial 2nd It 2nd-It It is believed that the efficient use service o of every stream within the State At At the close of this war there can be substantially y increased increased increased-in in ma many y must be no return to boondoggle Eve Every y b by more than 50 Careful study and dollar spent in developing water supply careful planning of water supply will in our semi-arid semi land will return a boun boun- point the way to an increased income in III harvest year after year after year nearly every everyone one of our more than six and will provide work r real ral nl work hundred communities There is no surer Home Home ownership farm ownership owner owner- way to aid in the prosperity of our people ship are the basis of the finest 3rd Our 3rd-Our Our share of the waters of the tion Ours is the privilege to aid in Colorado River can be made assur assur- to untold wealth California produce lag ing opportunity to those we love will holds contra contracts for the use of of- waters raters impounded Boul foul ts return home home duty duty done with done with the hope by o In their hearts that their lives der del Dam that will may be permit an increase In lived in this blessed land called Utah population cf of seven million souls Also That California has has plans and works partially mit our cannot precious be if we sit idly by and per per- waters to waste away The Utah Water Pater Users Association 19 10 1044 1944 organized on a temporary basis at n a meeting held in the State Capitol on June with officers dire directors tors anti and advisers and a permanent I rasa will be established in September anxious of this year We are re to be able to very report at t that t meeting that the I beef beEl completed For that reason we would financing of the undertaking has I tel ter your early attention sincerely appreciate your giving this matI matter mat mat- i UTAH WATER I USERS ASSOCIATION I o Wm By-Wm R. R Wallace President A A W. W Wats Watson n insurer I. Jua Gus r 1 P. P Backman Acting Manager |