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Show 77 by the Bureau of Reclamation. 15 In addition, it helped solve problems that surfaced as water development progressed. As an example, it was asked to investigate alleged wrongdoings by the Bonneville Irrigation District's managers and work towards an equitable solution to the members complaints. 16 Members of the commission also sat on the Colorado River Commission that evolved from the ratification of the Colorado River Compact of 1922.17 During its twenty years of activity, the Utah Water Storage Commission worked with the Bureau of Reclamation to investigate and initiate activity on many projects. The commission lost no time in getting started. In reporting on the commission's work in 1924, State Engineer Lloyd Garrison said: 18 The chief duty of the Water Storage Commission has been to cooperate with the United States Bureau of Reclamation in the work of investigating and making reports upon reclamation projects in this state. The following projects were built by the Bureau of Reclamation after being approved by the water storage commission: Hyrum, Ogden River, Moon Lake, Sanpete, Provo River, and Current Creek. 19 Four of these were made possible because the commission ( and other Utah officials) was able to convince the federal government to direct special funds from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Fund towards Utah projects. The Hyrum and Ogden River projects were started in 1934, and the Sanpete and Moon Lake projects followed in 1935. These projects were financed with work program funds administered by the Bureau of Reclamation, which had originated in programs designed to fight the national economic depression. 20 In addition, investigations were conducted and recommendations for future construction made for the Big, Otter, and the Woodruff projects located in Rich County; the Beaver, Porcupine, and Newton projects in Cache County; the Lower Weber River and Bailey Watts projects in Davis and Weber counties; the Price River- Gooseberry- Emery Project which involved Carbon, Emery, Utah, and Sanpete counties; the Blue Bench Project located in Duchesne County; the Ouray Project located in Uintah County; the Sheep Creek Project located in Daggett County; and most 15The commission's project clearance role is demonstrated in the " Biennial Report of the Utah Water Storage Committee," contained in State of Utah, " Twenty Second Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of the State of Utah for the Years 1939 and 1940," Public Documents. It states that all projects completed in the state by the Bureau of Reclamation were first cleared by the storage commission. 16The Bonneville complaint to the Utah Water Storage Commission is explained in the " Report of the Utah Water Storage Commission," contained in State of Utah, " Fifteenth Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of Utah for the Years 1925 and 1926," Public Documents, Chapter IX, p 34. 17The governor appointed the State Engineer to be Utah's delegate to the conference where the Colorado Compact was drafted. After the Utah Water Storage Commission was created in 1921 it was also given the responsibility of working with the federal government and other states to promote a Colorado River project 18State of Utah, " Biennial Report of the Utah Water Storage Commission," contained in the " Fourteenth Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of the State of Utah for the Years 1923 and 1924," Public Documents, p 56. information concerning these project's construction and the details of the interaction between the Utah Water Storage Commission and Bureau of Reclamation are contained in State of Utah, " Twenty First Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of the State of Utah for the Years 1937 and 1938," Public Documents, pp 78- 97. ^" Biennial Report of the Utah Water Storage Commission," contained in State of Utah, " Nineteenth Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of the State of Utah for the Years 1933 and 1934," Public Documents, p 46. |
