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Show of gradually increasing cost so that small individual enterprises were gradually replaced by corporations capable of underwriting the greater expense. This appears to be a trend in many aspects of our industrialized civilization, and it is already apparent in water development and use. In Salt Lake County, for example, piped water under pressure is rapidly being made available throughout the county to home owners who formerly depended for their culinary and domestic supply upon shallow flowing wells of small diameter. FLOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS Committee Activities^ The Flood Control Committee was chosen on November 18, 1955, by the subcommittee of the Legislative Council. The members are; E. J. Skeen, Salt Lake City; Sterling Jones, Spanish Fork; Representative E. A. Crofts, Richfield; Reed W. Bailey, Ogden; D. D. Harris, Layton. Mr. E. J„ Fjeldsted, Ogden, and Mr. Milton T. Wilson, Salt Lake City, acted as liaison members. Upon the same date the committee organized itself with D.- D. Harris, chairman; E. A. Crofts, Vice Chairman; and Reed W. Bailey, secretary. The assignment of the committee, as outlined in the proposed memo attached to the minutes of the subcommittee of the Utah Legislative Council on November 18, 1955 is as follows: " A study of the need for and desirability of the state accepting the responsibility for controlling its water in flood stages. The major problems to be considered in developing a flood control program are. 1. Should the state exercise responsibility in controlling water during flood stages? 2. What plans of utilization of water resources will most effectively control floods? 3. What type of construction or control of dams, reservoirs and channels should be undertaken by the state, including storage projects? 4. What is the local responsibility for flood water? 5. What statutory changes are necessary to provide more effective control and planning?" 3. Minutes of Flood Control Committee included as Appendix E. - 23- |
