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<br />J:;quulizr,tion of flow in the Colorudo "liver, therefore, <br />.' seems to deserve first ~',ttcn~tion; :'!ncl whe:e irriGlotion is the <br />chief object, us it is in this cuse, there is perhaps no better <br />example of stream regulution than thut nfforded through the use <br />of wetcr in the St[:te of Utah, during the pest scventy-five yeers, <br />ior the purpose of a very genenl illustration of this <br />matter, we invite uttention to that ~urt of the Bonneville Basin, <br />known ['S the "Great ::klt Leke Busin", Which includea BeCT River, <br /> <br />Webcr River, Provo River, Spanish Fork River, and numerous <br />other minor strem:Js-- from all of which wr:ter hus been used for <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />irrif,ftion during Q period of at le~st sixty years, In this <br /> <br /> <br />besin rre locuted the greeter portion of the people, und the <br /> <br /> <br />chief industries of the entire st~te. <br /> <br /> <br />The besin hrs no ~utl~~, Gre['t S['.lt T,eke occupies the lowest <br /> <br /> <br />portion ~nd is the finnl receptucle for ~11 water flowing in the <br /> <br />basin. <br /> <br />Originclly ell ,the w.~ter flowed through nntuTfl un- <br /> <br />obstructed channels, directly into Grent Salt ~[ke, Under these <br />neturGl conditions the flow was very irregular, Overfull chcn- <br />nels in June, !ind empty chl'.nne ls in August was the rule. Grad- <br />ually, obstructions, such cs are necessary to divert water for <br />irrig[;tion, were placed in these streLm channels; until the <br />number is now sufficient to practically prevent any direct flow <br />into the Gre~t Salt Leke, except during very high water. Under <br /> <br />the se chenP:'ed condi tions. the stream flow is 'noVl conpc.retively <br /> <br /> <br />uniform, and constunt. 1he June surplus, which is not diverted <br /> <br />onto, and stored in the soil cover, of the upper river basin, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />S.L. <br />