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Show j , -j 3 fell Capping Law 7 Saves Utah Water m As a result of legislation requrr-1 the capping of wells when not 1 S I' use, nearly $2,000,000 worth of f 1 state's most vital natural re- I A "ice-water is being saved annu-jJi annu-jJi "v according to an announcement ,i Thursday by State Engineer ". H. Humpherys, who has put into xration the law passed by the 1935 . Nation. Prior to that time about 25,000 CU.-K 1 acre feet of water a year were wasted '. 7t t -ifflmeh allowing artesian wells to I'r.T. t n ran wild in times when there was 7'4-t a need for the water. The wastage " Tasbeen reduced to 5000, acre feet, ad this is due mostly to faulty well snstruction, which Mr. Humpherys ;t itton'ff i0?es bg corrected in the near :'utuie. .7::--;: The state engineer praised the iT.;::E --'- spirit of cooperation on the part of LaV--- sater users in the conservation cam- ? .k;c'V-; pjj and ported out that provi- t 7 sons of the 1935 law have been en- i iX ''7'. weed without a single arrest or 'H 7- -iirsuit. - j7. He predicted that at the end of i next five years the underground : K-P "' rater loss will be practically nil. 1 Ms plan is to obtain machinery s :or the repair of leaky wells. . 1 In all of the 31 underground water r1 1 ireas except one, the water table : 'nlflM 3as risen in the last two years any-ll-lff -here from a few inches to as much - fitj s six feet. This exception is the f L l " 3eryl M1 west of Cedar City, where u 'he level has remained about sta- -ionery. Incidently, the state engineer re-ptri re-ptri --Med underground water claim-CREAM claim-CREAM ' mts that they have only until March -j 2 to file claims in his office. ' y Than t " Mr. Humpherys reported that if it , tte iai not been for the help of the , y P A in measuring and locating fi ells the 20,000 acre feet savings nrTfH 0Uld not have 136611 P013316-AJiJ) P013316-AJiJ) Mr. Humpherys said that of the u v ;'3.000 well users in the state all .-. ?ut 3000 have filed their claims. The '.' 'aff "quires a filing fee of $2.50. t- r . |
