SIX MTDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. May 3, 1953
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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.
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