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Show WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION IN IMMEDIATE PROSPECT In this also, it is not possible to give more than a suggestion of the whole. Water Rights Must be Protected and Perfected A great deal remains to be done toward the perfection of the Association's water rights. For example, on the Weber River the unrestricted exercise of the Project rights requires the extinction of a mill right and certain small rights of domestic use. Also a number of " nuisance" water filings must be lapsed by action before the State Engineer. Preparation must be made to meet the claims of land owners along the Weber- Provo Canal that their ground water supply will be interfered with by the Canal enlargement. The Town of Kamas may resist the existence of the enlarged canal. Filings and other possibly conflicting rights on the Duchesne must be guarded against. The Provo River channel must be enlarged to accommodate the increased flow from the Weber and Duchesne which will frequently more than double the normal flow of the Provo. Rights of way for this must be acquired. Preparation must be made against upper Provo River claims of excessive losses in the transport of project waters. The Association must see to it that the Project waters after use are recaptured for use of the Project subscribers or that they are exchanged for others. Three right of way cases involving several thousands of dollars are pending on appeal to the Supreme Court. 106. A. V. Watkins, an incorporator and present Counsel of the Provo River Water Users Association. Mr. Watkins, a former judge of the Fourth Judicial District in Utah, played a major role in the long campaign to subscribe and finance the Deer Creek Division of the Provo River Project. All of the organization and subscription contracts must be confirmed by judicial proceedings satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior. Rights of way on two irrigation systems must be acquired: the Provo Reservoir Water Users Company and the Utah Take Distributing Company. A hundred items might be added, but an enumeration of this nature is not very enlightening except as it indicates that very much of important work must receive immediate attention and careful preparation for all eventualities. |