Show Water project on Moss' calendar for WASHINGTON Frank E. Moss is cosponsor-ing a bill to facilitate the production of underground water by making use of drilled by oil exploration companies on the public of oil and gas wells drilled every year in the Western Senator Moss of these do not produce oil or but many of them arc capable of producing he said and added tills water potential lias not been developed because there is no established development program or provision for Senator Moss said the in essence does two Where surface rights are privately it provides that the notified that a well capable of producing water has been drilled on the and it authorizes negotiations the oil operator and the owner of the surface rights if the owner wishes to acquire the casing to produce If the surface title rests underground water supplies Secretary of the Interior is authorized to buy the well install additional and contract to sell the water produced for enough to recover the Government's oil exploration takes place in the very areas where water is the Senator Moss must fully explore tills method of developing underground water supply for these arid regions |