Show vast V t water aw W aw t ma ao S supply moo Z moo 0 ra r a S a te r P y tile the dependable direct flow from rive i is not sufficient for these 0 5 e these 0 lands an 1 1 l many storage pint projects ct along g the Lako fork a aid ad id uintah 11 ri r b have ave been developed under the moon lake water users association 11 mountain reservoirs on the Lake fork river in to twin potts moon lake and reservoirs reser rese vois have wen constructed five mountain reservoirs on the uintah ri river ver five on the whiterocks river and mon creek reservoir have been I 1 developed J by the dry gulch bulc 11 and whiterocks While rocks irrigation companies following is an outline of the reservoirs and their capacities Lake fork river acre acce fet kidney lake 1000 island lake too brown duck lake tio 00 clement lake five point lake drift lake aco bluebell lake superior lake miller lake 1 25 deer lake farmers lake twin potts reservoir acre ft P objects to be completed this year reservoir Keser voir 5 acre feet moon lake res acre feet this makes a total of acre feet of water to which will be added acre feet from the duchesne river direct flow through the duchesne feeder canal uintah river acre feet lake atwood 1230 upper chain lake lower chain lake fox lake 1150 crescent lake WIlI whiterocks Whlter river aher acre feet paradise reservoir 1700 chapeta lake wigwam lake macassin Mo cassin lake 97 papoose lake 78 montez creek reservoir 1300 this makes a total of acre feet of water from the uintah an and d white rivers and added to the acre feet the Laka fork river plus the ace ac e feet from the direct flow of the duchesne river through the duchesne feeder canal is a total of acre feet of stored wate for lands on the Lake fork uintah and whiterocks rivers in addition to the direct flow received in variable quantities as it is available the cost of the storage reservoirs enumerated above is probably about or somewhat less than per acre foot of water normally this amount of water will not lot alx lx ba available and the program of use must be so regulated ils as to leave part of the stored supply in the tha reservoirs each yeal for early we use the succeeding spring water is security due to the fact that allotted indian the primary wafer rights there has always been an element clement of great eat uncertainty uncertainly in the operations operation of farmers on homestead lands in the uintah basin lack of water to the soil for early planting prior to high water period and for irrigation of crops so planted has handicapped the people on these lands and led ahem to defer planting until such time as the water supply was assured of course this has been essentially a program gram doomed to failure not alth the fall of 1936 has there ovel been any ical cal av that water would be avail abic abc for these homestead lands as early as ole ilia farmer might need it tri the following spring tile conservation of wate in storage reservoirs will thus i eaul in a more definite program m 0 work and planting on the part 0 the farmer on homestead land and replace failure with at least some degree of prosperity Iro gresi i madi the moderate amount of water in the small mountain reservoirs reservoir while serving the pur purpose ose as far as it would go was nolly wholly inui in insufficient ui to neet meet the demand 0 oi acres of land the additions provided by the moon lake and reservoir together tog ethe wi th the direct flow through the duchesne Du chesno feeder canal brings the total available supplemental water supply to such pi pio portions that thai all secondary users user may feel eve in years of drouth a mca measure sure of security the montez creek reservoir e voir with its definite double use Je finitely adds to this measure of safety future possibilities the lands now under constructed canals which are not provided with storage water have in con sid erable measure been vacated or abandoned during the recent extended drouth among these lands I 1 is some of the most most fertl fertile e soil which is the basis for farming the me conservation ot or our water supply should proceed to the point that these la lands rids are assured of at least ono one acre foot of water in storage for each acre of I 1 land d possibilities for this cen being successfully suc s s accomplished ae ac a c existent and the cost will be no greater than that which has already been done or is in course of being done this applies somewhat to certain lans under the dry gulch irrigation g larla on bysted system m a and n d anfor more tee p particularly ar rifah y to land lands s e east a s t 0 of the U uintah in river under the White whiterocks irrigation moffat and P I 1 canals these facts should be an incentive for our continued efforts |