Show commissioners reappointed appointed Re on sevier river distribution system dyste of J lerue ogden of richfield and W 0 cole of D delta ea t a as water commissioners for the sevier river water distribution system to serve during the 1940 season has been announced by T 11 II humpherys state the two men were highly commended by mr humpherys for their work the past year upon receipt of 0 the annual report of the river system compiled by the commissioners ners the report shows show s a total of ago acre feet of water deU vered to users along the system in 1839 1939 storage water consumed totaled acre acie feet and there were acre feet of firm storage holdover water in reservoirs at it the end of the season the water furnished irrigation for acres of land averaging acre feet of water per acre of land under irrigation the report shows no water available during the season for secondary and third class users except for three days in september in the sevier valley alley only primary users received 05 95 per cent of the long time average in acre feet for the season in the valley and 43 per cent of the average in sevier valley alley circle valley was waa 70 per cent of average and users from rocky ford reer reservoir voir to gun ulson bend reservoir received 53 56 per cent of average diversion structures tui es costing c 0 s t in g were installed along the system during 1938 and 1939 the report shows the united states geological survey fluney furnished SO 50 and the river commission guage houses were placed at juall sevier andrash andRa and thatch Wh stations recorders were purchased for juall juab sevier seer kingston hutch hatch and east bast pork stations and cable ways were installed at juab gunnison Gium lson kingston sevier and hatch the average rainfall for the season was per cent of normal but a large per cent of it fell to in september with far fac below normal rainfall during the growing season recommendations contained in the blie report of the commissioners included 1 that control gates be installed at diversion points of the west view canal the me gunnison Gunn lson fayette canal and the dover canal 2 that weirs be installed on ail ditches where there tire are no measuring devices tel ces and that seier nier valley canal company erect a goop good measuring device delce below three creeks creeks reservoir lr 3 that transfer of place of use in trading of waters water of the flute reservoir leseno lr and sevier seller bridge reservoir be made as early earli as pos sible elble 4 that where practical any company not having baying a storage right rig lit take steps to tb obtain one 6 5 that each canal com company maintain its own recorder house and 6 0 sevier river water users association cooperate with the united states geological survey stream measuring stations on an the sevier river water delivered to the various companies in acre feet during 1939 9 Is listed as follows long and east bast bench canal comA company any east canal company burton barton tebbs canal company ny 2303 ledwen canal company loss creek canal company 2405 west wed canal company old kingston canal company dalton canal company 3 junction onnal canal company wl janeton middle ditch 1134 joseph and cove highland canal company clear creek canal company monroe South bend canal company comi pany sevier volley valley canal company plute canal joseph doseph canal wells canal P 2345 45 isaacson ditch company monroe canal elest nore canal company 4 brooklin canal company richfield canal Am annabella nabella canal company vermillion canal company rocky ford willow bend canal company west view canal company 4 gunnison on fayette canal company myer dover canal company central utah weber water company mcintyre canal company leamington leavington Lea canal company adeata canal melville canal company debret company 1 and abraham At irrigation company con pany |