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Show WATER FOR UTAH SOURCES OF This report was written by Ivan Bloch, Industrial Consultant to the Utah Water and Power Board. This report was compiled from numerous official and unofficial reports, as well as from unpublished documents and information available to the consultant. Collaborating in the preparation of this report were the Department of Agricultural Economics of the Utah State Agricultural College; the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, School of Business of the University of Utah; the staff of the Utah Water and Power Board and the Office of the State Engineer. Helpful advice was received from local officials of the United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey. The section on Agriculture was derived from a report prepared for the Utah Water and Power Board by Department of Agricultural Economics of the Utah State Agricultural College. The section on Industries was elaborated from material obtained from various sources, including the University of Utah Bureau of Economics and Business Research, School of Business; the United States Bureau of Mines, and the United States Geological Survey and Utah Mining Association. The sections on Domestic and Commercial Water Requirements, Power and on Benefits, were prepared from information secured by the Utah Water and Power Board and the Utah State Engineer. The section on Water was derived from the report prepared for the Utah Water and Power Board by the Utah State Agricultural College. Maps, charts and tables in this report were prepared by various groups as indicated below: 1. The Utah State Agricultural College, Department of Agricultural Economics, was responsible for the preparation of Maps 1,3,4, 5, 8, 9, 23, 24, 25; Charts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Tables 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, II, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20. 2. The Utah Water and Power Board and the Office of the State Engineer- in collaboration with the University of Utah's Bureau of Economic Research and the consultant- were respon- INFORMATION sible for Maps 2, 10, II, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 20; Charts I and 2. 3. The Utah Water and Power Board, the Office of the State Engineer and the consultant prepared Maps 6, 7, 18 and 19 ( adapted from similar maps by the United States Department of the Interior); 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29 ( adapted from United States Federal Power Commission and Colorado River Committee of Utah's report); Charts 10, II, 12 and 13; Tables I, 5 ( adapted from reports of the Utah State Industrial Commission), and 6. Other material utilized in the report was adapted from numerous printed documents of the United States Bureau of Mines and the United States Geological Survey. The United States Bureau of Reclamation's 1946 Report " The Colorado River" was extensively consulted, as was the joint report of the United States Federal Power Commission and the Colorado River Committee of Utah " Power Requirements Survey - State of Utah," December, 1946. Other Federal sources consulted included reports of the Oil and Gas Division of the Department of the Interior, the United States Department of Commerce and of the United States Federal Power Commission. Extensive reference was made to unpublished and published reports and industrial analyses of the United States Bonneville Power Administration and the Western Coordinator of the Department of Interior's Western Phosphate Development Program. Data were obtained also from numerous publications issued by agencies of the State of Utah, such as the " Utah Economic and Business Review" of the University of Utah, bulletins of the Utah Department of Publicity and Industrial Development, Department of Employment Security, including its report of 1943 " After Victory" and publications of the Utah State Industrial Commission. Other technical information was obtained directly from local industries in Utah, and from engineering, professional and trade journals, such as " Chemical Engineering," " Mining and Metallurgical Engineering," " Iron Age," " Steel," " Western Industry," " Western Metals," " The Mining and Contracting Review," " Business |