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SIX MTDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. May 3, 1953 DON'T FORGET &GQ!S$ 0UQ0 l!)&(!flOOCi ...MOM WILL LOVE A GIFT FROM PENNEY'S! MAY 8 Bay II . 1 I RAFT FLOUNDERS Arrow points to DeVere Baker, skip per of raft Lehi n who was last to leave the sinking craft off Monterey, CaL, coast, hoping to prevent it from be coming a "free prize." In foreground is Coast Guard Cut ter Active rubber raft which was used to rescue the ill fated craft's crew. Water Conservation Has Bearing on AH Phases of Economy s (Editor's note: This is tha third in a series of articles be ing published this week in con nection with Conservation of Natural Resources week. May 1 to 7.) By DAVID C. HEND.RIX District Water Master Water is one. if not the most important of all our natural re sources. In varying degrees, wa ter is vital in all segments of ec onomic activity. As the popu lation of our state grows and our plane of living is raised, the total demand for water increases through new uses and intensi fication of od ones. In Oregon, which has exper - ienced a population gain of 39.6 per cent' during the 1940 to 1950 decade and expects to increase by an additional 1,000,000 people by 1975. it is estimated' that alone will increase to 110,000, 000,000 gallons; that the re quirements of Oregon's two ma jor water-using industries, the processing of timber and agri cultural products, will increase from 5 to 10 times in the fore seeable future. As a whole, it isn't that Ore gon does not have an adequate upply of water, if properly de veloped to meet these increas ing needs, for years to come. It is estimated that our annual stream runoff amounts to 50, 000,000 acre feet of water. The demand for water by tha people of Oregon, who are ; be coming conscious of its value and of the neccesity for obtaining a legal right to use it, has more than doubled during recent years. For example, during the five year period for 1949 to 1953, the State Engineer received appli cations for water use permits totalling 5,731, as compared with 2,689 applications during the five year period of 1937 to 1941. However, permits have been issued for more water than min imum stream flows will provide, on many of Oregon's streams. On Bear creek between 1909 and 1953. for instance, 23 permits were issued for 414 cubic feet per second of water, although the records of this stream taken at Medford indicates that the average minimum flow during the 10-year period, 1941 to 1950 amounted to only 10 cubic feet per second. What Is Solution? What then is the solution to these problems, as nearly all of Oregon's streams are character ized by this wide fluctuation between maximum and mini mum flows? First, it is necessary to util ize properly all water so as to reduce excess loss and waste of our present supply. It has been estimated that the state can se cure sufficient water to nearly double its existing irrigable ac reage by reducing present water losses. Second, it is of the most im portance that adequate storage dams of all sizes be construct ed in order that surplus water may be stored during the winter months of heavy runoff so that the low flow in streams can be supplemented during late sum mer and early fall, following periods of little or no rain. Also adequate storage dams would provide needed flood control and lessen the damages which an nually exceed 19 million dol lars here in Oregon. Ground Water Important Third, and last, it will be nec essary to fully utilize, through proper development, our ground water supply. At present, the principal use of ground water in Oregon is for domestic, stock watering, public supply, indus trial and irrigation purposes. It is estimated that new wells are being drilled at the rate of 5,000 annually and that 100,000 wells are now used for domestic and stock-watering. Ground water also furnished the public supply for about 250.000 people and irrigates approximately 50,000 acres of land. In closing, it should be un derstood that "Water Conserva tion" means the conserving of all water through proper econ omic uses, so as to provide maxi mum productive potentialities in agriculture, manufacturing, .do mestic, power, mining, fish and wildlife, recreation, and many other purposes. So the existing necessity for proper surface and ground water can be readily seen. MOTHER'S DAY MAY S w sii i w w r Faeafc. f,',iM,',Tivna:i nw kjeaveaaaaaaaaa- m Larger bowl-fit beaters for higher, lighter, finer-textured cakes. Saves time, axmwork. Mixjusnt Best Junior Food Mixer Mod CITY APPLIANCE, Inc. 127 N. 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