| Show Duchesne River Study group 1 makes report I plans meeting for this area Proposal as for all j 6 conclusions in book Over a study into the phases of utilizing waters of Uie Duchesne River System for the beneficial use of the state of Utah has been completed and those to be affected by the recommendation of the fact-finding soon hear a report by the ACCORDING TO Leo president of the Duchesne County Water Users and a member of the study a news release appeared in Friday night's which very adequately summarizes the findings and proposals of the group that is a representative of all segments of Utah's population to be affected by the final decision of Uie State of Utah and the Bureau of In commenting on the report and the which has been compiled into booklet indicated he had re 20 copies of the report which were being distributed among water users in Duchesne County urging them to make a careful study of the In the near future the committee will come to this area for a general report meeting with water want our people to be fully informed when meeting is and encourage groups to get together and study the accumulated Haueter He represented the Non-Indian land owners of the Uintah Basin on this THE STUDY committee what they workable plan for utilizing the waters of the Duchesne River System in such a way as to permit transportation diversion for the Central Utah last plan goes a long way toward solving problems which have worried us for a long Jay R. director of Utah Water Power THE RECOMMENDATIONS result from technical studies and meetings of the study committee since its organization April On the committee were representatives of Uie U.S. Bureau of Indian Ute Indian Upper Colorado River State Water Power U.S. Bureau of and non-Indian water users in the Duchesne River A major provision calls for further development of Indian primary rights to the river water and permitting other users to use some of the first water to be Ute rights later would fully IT IS ANTICIPATED that this arrangement will bo approved by iBIA officials In D.C. Conclusions of Uie report of more than pages See Duchesne back page Duchesne River from page 1 SUCCESSFUL operation of the Bonneville and Duchesne segments of the Central Utah Project's initial phase will depend upon an agreement by the Indians to limit irrigation of Indian-owned and Indian water right land to about There are about acres of additional arable Indian lands that could be Irrigated 2 THIRTEEN applications to appropriate water on the Duchesne River on file the state engineers would have to be subordinated to the These applications are by the Water and Power Salt Lake City and the Bureau of 3 THE COMMITTEE an annual diversion requirement of four acre feet of water per acre for all lands under Water diverted in excess of this- was assumed to return to the natural stream flow within two months after I WATER NOW diverted from the river's lower reaches is considered to be unsuitable for The point of diversion should be relocated higher on the river near the present Duchesne feeder 5 THE FOLLOWING water right priorities arc Indian lands totaling acres have first lands |
