The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-03-16
GREAT TASK CONFRONTS
UTAH WATER ADJUSTERS


the statistical of water filings adudicaons and the area
land actually irrigated which has been prepared the basis of
the work of this body when it assumes office
There are fifteen distinct drainage districts the state of
Utahthe river minor tributaries Brush Creek Ash
ley Creek Duchesne river including Lake Fork Strawberry and
ntah rivers White river Price river San Rafael river Grand
river Fremont Dirty Devil river Colorado river and minor tr
uta Escaane river San Juan river Paa river Kanab river
and Virgin river
The report divided into periods The first shows the
water filings prior May r. 1909 filed in county Offices The
shows the filings subsequent to May H. 1903 filed
in the office of the state engineer The adudcaons from county
and the estimated acreage actually irrigated based
various sources of information are given.
All Filings Are Most Indefinite.
Under the system county filings the certificates of the
water commissioners and the notices of appropriation in many
contained definite statement in regard to either the
claimed the be irrigated contain
ed only statement in regard to or the other of these items
When the Of definitely stated the filing
general for the entire flow Of various small streams springs
Consequently the totals for the county recording period too
small to the extent Of the unknown amounts for those filings
which did not definitely state the amount of acreage or water i'm
volved.
With discrepancies during county filing period the
ertcated filings of commissioners prior
1908 five hundred and four for irrigation stock watering
domestic and like purposes and five for power and mining
poses Prior 1908 the of seconde asked for rrga
and the like according to the water commissioners ertf
Gates was 2O2 while the amount for power and mining was not
given The covered by the applications 1888
These items certified by the water commissioners
i For Mining and Power Purposes.
In this same period of appropriation given
hundred twenty-five filings irrigation and similar
purposes and for eight filings for mining and power pu
poses The amount filed secondfeet 3059 econdfee
for irrigation and l96 23 econdee for power and mining
poses The to be irrigated in these filings oaed
acres
Since May 1903 apsed according the records
the office of the engineer 40s filings for irrigation and like
purposes and hundred and sixwo filings for power and min
ing These apses 3497s acefeet 30657 econdee
for irrigation and 236s 10 acreee l30476 secondet for
mining and The irrigation covered by the apse
5250A96 and the horsepower rights apsed
amount TO 562 horsepower.
There have been initiated since May, 1903 including those
pending eight hundred and nineytwo filings for irrigation and
thirty for mining power These filings embrace for rr
cation 5S8727 acreee and l43S secondeet and for mining
and power 35O50O acre-feet or 5554 second-feet
i Purposes of Appropriations Set Forth.
In terms Of benefited horsepower developed there has
the latter been asked water for s69 and for
l2l 647 horsepower
Under the regime of the engineer there have been filed
under the head Of proof construction of works
statements covering irrigation and three of and mining
Proofs have been made of the completion of works covering
2O90 land and of 81 100 horsepower developed The
for irrigation totad 900 acreeet 1918 secondeet
There has been work $3.50 seondeet for and min
ing uses.
There been made since May 1903 hundred and
proofs of the beneficial of water for irrigation
poses and three proofs of the beneficial of water for mining
and power purposes.
orseven acefeet hundred and Xtve secondeet
for irrigation purposes while for mining and purposes there
have been put 10 beneficial use In TINS period one hundred ana
thirty-fve second-feet.
4 Very Much Confusion the Result
Proof of beneficial has been made 47733
irrigated land and of the development of hundred and thirty
five horsepower In the matter of adudcaons from county
ords stated that these in terms of in instances
and in of secondfee in others consequently accurate
totals available,
The tabulation giving the actually irrigated various
of information shows that the total 100000 This
is divided among the various drainage dscsreen river 80
000 Brush Creek 2500 Ashley Creek 25OO0 Duchesne
etc. l9l 600; White 500 Price river 10000 San Rafael
river $4,000 Grand river 5000; Fremont river $4,000 Colorado
river and tributaries O0O Escaante river 450O San Juan
COCO Para river $500 Kanab river 5000 Virgin river $4,000