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Show Water for Wes is Still Priority, Says Senators Watering the West should still be a high priority for the federal government say Utah's two senators. Sen. Frank E. Moss, Democrat, Demo-crat, and Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, Ben-nett, Republican, both agreed on that issue during the closing clos-ing session of the National Water Resources Association's 40th anniversary convention this past weekend. The NWRA was started in Salt Lake City in the early 1930s to rejuvenate the Bureau Bur-eau of Reclamation as a force for economic development in the Western States through opening op-ening of irrigation lands. The organization now has 18 member mem-ber states, including Hawaii. We have finally reached the stage in the Upper Colorado River project where we are beginning be-ginning to realize some of the benefits which were for so long only dreams in our master plans," said Bennett to the more than 600 delegates. The Utah Republican said he has spent much of his 22 years in the Senate working to secure se-cure water development for Utah and added, "there is nothing noth-ing more important to the continued con-tinued economic growth in this part of the country than a systematic sys-tematic development of our water resources." Moss reaffirmed his support of continued water development. develop-ment. "We must have new and appropriate planning criteria for water development and more consideration for the needs of municipalities and industries," in-dustries," he said. |