Show I Water report made by Engineer and attorney Accomplishments of the Utah State Engineer toward cation of Duchesne and berry Rivers was reported by m attorney E. J. Skeen and Dean E retained by the Duchesne Co Water Users' at the annual meeting held at the in Duchesne last Bt k Attorney Skeen said the area has been surveyed and commencing with the upper-most irrigated tract above Hanna down to a point four miles east of Duchesne rt Cit and the lower river area commencing at Green and up to the river to a point seven miles east of Duchesne These maps show individual the water application connected with the irrigation of the numbers of acres The individuals Will he interviewed and they will have the privilege of approving the findings of state or pointing out if there be Skeen Engineering Studies Dr Fuhriman told the water users that studies had been made extensively to determine how much water is needed to the various kinds of farm crops under the various climatic an has been employed by the water users of this county to direct the efforts of the of water from See WATER Classified Page WATER REPORT from tho Duchesne River to safeguard their for DM of this water as it may be af- by adverse use by trans-mountain diversion for use n the h These as explained by have resulted in separating the irrigation water diversion needs under Consumptive Farm and Canal The consumptive use represents the actual amount of water utilized by the plant in its growth plus the water evaporated from the surface of the ground area being Efficiency Factor The farm efficiency factor takes into account the water lost by surface nin-off from the and that which lost as the result of deep percolation into the soil below the root zone of the and these losses are determined by the irrigation practices of the farmer to a large but surface slopes and and soil types are factors which place limits on the efficiency which should be accomplished in not wasting Canal losses come- from seepage into the soil and that used by plant growth along the In connection with consumptive the studies have determined conclusively that there is a relationship between the a-i mount of water consumed by the plant and Uie number of sunshine hours during the growing This factor of affects Wind also materially affects The of the area being irrigated is the determining factor as to sunshine hours during the growing season to a Determine Requirements The studies new permit the application of this data being applied to areas where there ia need to determine irrigation water requirements one of the areas where studies were made is the Ashley Valley area Vernal I and this being located so near to our Duchesne the climatic conditions are very nearly the same Fuhriman continued his talk to the water users by stating use factor will oe determined by application of information from the studies which have been but the diversion ing on canal will have to be determined for each diversion To some farm efficiency can be considered to be an average but surface should be given Fuhriman is preparing the information on consumptive use for the various arras from the Duchesne according to Further information will have to be gotten from the factors He will his findings to the state engineer's office to support the claims of the Basin New Officers The Association selected officers for 1959 at a are A. Hale Leo H. first H. second vice-president Marion from the east portion of Duchesne Al-fonzo Defa representative from the West portion of the Louie is the appointed Board of appointed or elected bv the water users for 1959 are Howard Roberts and Alfonzo elected by individual Leo H appointed by the Dry Gulch Irrigation Co Marion Uintah Basin Irrigation Mark W. Moon Lake Water Users H. Associated Water Users of Uintah and Lake Fork Charlie D Canal A. Hale Ditch Wanless Duchesne Irrigation Jerry Rocky Point Ditch Co Melvin J. Sand Wasch-Iri Melvin B. Mur ray-White Canal Bert Red Creek Irrigation M. N. Moon Ditch Co Fred C. Canal and Reservoir Leo S Little Farm Creek Irrigation Co and Farm Creek Irrigation Thomas Fabrizio Sons Merc Wesley R. Roosevlt Chamber of and Keith Duke and children of Vernal were Saturday guests of Helen Ode-kirk Duke is registered for the Visual Aids Class now being taught at the Duchesne High School on Friday evenings and Saturday |