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Show Bedcap Canal3 are subj act to minor breaks and washouts until tha earth has time to settle ard beoume stable. Under those oirouDStanoas the saaller structures are especially subject to washout. These minor breaks are a so a roe of .great arnojunoe, both to those in charge of jxaintenance, and the water-users, but must ordirarily be borne with patience. Ths situation i3 worse if there is no telephone available, so the maintenance forces oan be immediately notified and assembled. This is the condition that existed during tha two seasons following the rapid expansion of the cultivated area due to leasing. The ouiadition is now rapidly improving, as sufficient time haa elapsed for the ditoh hanks to becomo stable, and telephone circuits aro being installed wih funds recently available. Culinary 73at«r:- The lack of a suitable supply of undor ground water for domestic and stock purposes, anl compliance with the State law of Utah, required that a certain amount of water known as "culinary water" be allowed to flow at all times in the canil3 andlateral3. Thia did not intarfaro materially w ith tho continuous flow method of delivery, a_rc«pt that it reducod tha amount of water to prior appropriators. It, however, •prealnded the use of the rotation 37/stem and interfered seriously wit h the cleaning of the oanals, particularly .121 |