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Show 1. The general " doctrine of appropriation" is best for Utah. 2. The statutes already in force give the State Engineer abundant and sufficient authprity to administer the processes of appropriation and development of Utah's ground water resources. 3. What the State Engineer lacks is an adequate well- trained staff to study problems of individual ground water basins and prepare reports and recommendations to guide the State Engineer in making decisions. 4. Complete hydrologic data are still unavailable for practically all of Utah's ground water reservoirs; until scientific studies are made, the efficient regulation of the reservoirs is impossible. 5„ Ground water law does not guarantee " pressure" in wells; it would be physically impossible to do sol pressure is the composite result of many physical factors, some, like climate,, being beyond the control of man. 6. Ground water in most areas is inseparable from surface waters and the two should be regarded as but two manifestations of a single water resource. 7„ Each individual ground water reservoir should be organized and administered as a hydrologic unit; its boundaries being the natural limits of the stored water body. 8. The State Engineer's Office should be staffed with enough competent hydrologic engineers to meet frequently with the ground water users of each district and promote, through educational demonstrations and informative conferences, a more scientific understanding of hydrologic facts and principles and thus enable better cooperation in the development of our vital water re- source. Water users look to the State Engineer for guidance and advice; he should be organized and equipped to provide it I 9. A legally strict interpretation of the present ground water law is unworkable and impractical, for it would halt all drilling in ground water, basins where either few or many wells already exist, for no further development would be possible in such basins if lowering of pressures and static - 8- |