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Page 4 THE CROSS SECTION April 1955
LEGISLATIVE
B RIEFS
With the closing days of the 54th
Legislature coming into view, the wat-
er program still seems to be one of
the most important projects under-
taken this session. The problems are
great and require many hours of Com-
mittee work and study particularly
where the problem includes the fi-
nancing of a program of several mil-
lion dollars by a state tax. Several
methods of financing have been sug-
gested but to date no agreements have
been reached.
* * * *
Senator Ottis E. Lock of Lufkin in-
troduced SB 397 which is the twin
to H.B. 404 introduced by Represent-
ative George Berry of Lubbock. These
bills clarify a n d strengthen the
Ground Water Law of Texas. The Sen-
ate Bill includes all the amendments
passed by the Reclamation and Con-
servation Committee in the House.
The Senate Bill received no opposition
when a record vote was taken to allow
its introduction.
Senator Kilmer Corbin refused to
support Senate Bill 397 apparently un-
impressed by the importance of the
Bill to the irrigated portion of his
District.
Senator Andy Rogers whose Sena-
torial District encompasses m a n y
counties in the High Plains Water
Conservation District has spent con-
siderable time and study of the Bill
and has pledged his support to its pas-
sage. Senator Rogers stated that he
could see where clarification of cer-
tain parts of the present law would
be very beneficial. Senator Grady Haz-
elwood also has supported the Bill
having two Conservation Districts in
his Senatorial District.
* * * *
The House Oil, Gas and Mining Com-
mittee has been advised that H. B.217 might endanger the entire regu-
latory power of the Railroad Commis-
sion. This bill would require gas com-
panies to sell gas from their wells to
farmers to ruh irrigation pumps on
the land. Atty. Gen. Sheppard ad-
vised:
"In making the use of natural gas
for irrigation pumps paramount to all
other uses, and by repealing all statu-
tes that may conflict with this use,
the Legislature will perhaps be re-
pealing the. authority now vested in
the Railroad Commission to regulate
oil and gas production, insure ratable
taking of oil and gas, and the author-
ity to require to return natural gas
to the, production formation in order
to increase the ultimate recovery ofWe have been doing a lot of read-
ing lately trying to gather some infor-
mation on research and management
of ground water in other sections of
the United States. It amazed us to
find how little is actually known a-
bout this precious resource. In fact,
we saw a statement saying that there
has been less money spent on study
and research of ground water than
any other natural resource.
'here have been a lot of things
about ground water research that
haven't been too clear before and a
lot of them. aren't too clear yet, but
more people have gone to work on re-
search in ground water so in a few
years we may begin to get some good
information.
In appears that the complexity of
the geological formations and their
great variations in any one region will
take a lot of studying. These studies
must be made and made soon, particu-
larly here in the High Plains, to
change supposition to basic facts.
Since underground water is concealed
from public view it naturally has not
aroused the interest that surface wat-
er has, so now we find ourselves be-
ginning on a very important research
project that should have been started
several years ago.
Before agriculture began to make
such heavy demands on underground
water, very little research was car-
ried out. Occasionally some munici-
pality or industry might interest its
State in setting up a two or three way
cooperative program with the U. S.
Geological Survey and do brief ex-
ploratory work and research on some
small area, but as a whole very little,
is actually known about the under-
ground water of the nation. Recon-
naissance studies are available to ex-
plain the potentialities.
So we say again, before adequate
management can be supplied many
hours of research and study are nec-
essary. The time to begin such stud-
ies is now, in fact in many areas it is
getting late.
* * * *
T RA D EAs we pay others, so we are paid,
Life gives us back just what we give;
And so, goodwill controls success,
But trade that we may truly live.
Sales may be made in money, yes.
But they are always made to men;
And so, goodwill controls success,oil from such formation.
Representative Guy Hazlett, author
of the bill, offered amendments to re-
strict the act to gas wells and to de-
clare that there was no intent to dam-
age authority of the Railroad Com-
mission.CONVERSATION
Bringing folks back to buy again.
He profits most whose every kindly
thought
Serves to perpetuate the tale,
Of what and where and why he
bought.
The Conservation and use which we
make of the water resources of our
nation may in large measure determ-
ine our future progress and the stand-
ards of living of our citizens.
If we are to continue to advance
agriculturally and industrially we
must make the best use of every drip
of water which falls on our soil or
which can be extracted from the
oceans.-President Eisenhower.
* * * *
The following measures are given
for your information and future ref-
erence:
5 1/2 yards-1 Rod.
40 Rods-1 Furlong.
2 Furlongs--1 Mile.
3 Miles--1 Ldague.
4 Rods-1 Chain.
1 Chain-66 Feet.
10 Square Chains or 160 Square
Rods-1 Acre.
640 Acres-1 Square Mile.
1 Vara-33 1/3 Inches.
* * * *
We are having people come into our
office quite often complaining about
waste water getting on their land
from neighbors wells and wanting us
to do something about stopping it.
We want to bring to our readers' at-
tention the rules of the District per-
taining to waste of water.
"Rule 1 (e )-Causing, suffering, or
permitting underground water pro-
duced for irrigation to escape or to
run into any river, creek, or other
natural watercourse, depression, or
lake, reservoir, drain, or into any sew-
er, street, highway, road, road ditch,
or upon the land of any other person
than the owner of such well, or upon
public land, unless it be used for theCONSERVATION
best to control your water and it has
been getting in the road or on your
neighbor's land, please make an hon-
est effort to put a stop to it.You will undoubtedly have need for the following table, in determining
how much more water one size pipe will carry than another size.
RELATIVE DISCHARGING CAPACITIES OF PIPES FLOWING FULL
Diam DIAMETER IN INCHES
in
Ins. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 14 15 16
16 65.77 32.01 18.31 11.60 5.65 3.23 2.05 1.39 1.17 1.
15 871.40 152.46 56.80 27.23 15.00 9.88 4.81 2.41 1.75 1.18 1.
14 733.40 129.80 47.14 22.94 13.15 8.32 4.05 2.32 1.47 1.
12 498.80 88.28 32.05 15.60 8.93 5.95 2.75 1.57 1.
10 316.20 55.96 20.31 9.88 5.60 3.58 1.74 1.
8 181.00 32.03 11.63 5.68 3.24 2.05 1.
6 88.18 15.81 5.86 2.75 1.58 1.
5 55.90 9.89 3.58 1.75 1.
4 32.00 5.68 2.05 1.
3 15.59 2.75 1.
2 5.65 1.
1 1.
NOTE: This table is based on the well-known hydraulic law that the quantity of water carried by
pipes of the same length and smoothness of surface, with a given loss of pressure, varies as the
square roots of the fifth power of the diameters. The columns show how many pipes of the sizes
printed at the top are equivalent to one pipe of the size in the first column. Thus, for example, we
may answer the question, "How much water will an eight-inch pipe carry as compared with a six-
inch, with the same loss of pressure?" Follow down the first column to 8; then, to the right under
column headed 6, we find 2.05, which shows us that an eight-inch pipe will carry 2.05 times as much
as a six-inch; or, in other words, an eight-inch pipe is a little better than two six-inch pipes.High Plains Underground Water
Conservation District No. 1
1628-B Fifteenth Street
Lubbock, Texas913 Houston
LevellAn4. TexasSecond Class Permit
purposes and in the manner in which
it might be lawfully used on the prem-
ises of the owner of such well; (f )
The willful, wanton, or habitual caus-
ing, suffering, or permitting under-
ground water to escape from land be-
ing irrigated; Rule 2- Underground
water shall not be produced within or
used within or,without the boundaries
of the District in such manner and un-
der such conditions as to constitute
waste."
Each person within our District
should cooperate in an effort to keep
this irrigation water upon the land
from which it is produced. Every man
that irrigates farm land knows that
it is not right to let his water run all
over another man's farm or to wash
out a road. Besides being a financial
loss to the one pumping water not be-
ing put to a userui purpose it is also
a loss in most cases, to the one who
is being flooded by the waste water
and to the county in tax money for
repairs to roads and ditches.
We do not have reference to a
farmer whose irrigation ditch will oc-
casionally break and water will es-
cape into a lake or ditch-this will
happen regardless of how carefully
we watch our water and ditches. The
ones who habitually waste water and
make n o pretense o f formulating
methods of taking care of their water
are the ones that we are interested in.
We have farms in all sections of
our Water District that are hard to
irrigate, and most of the owners have
made provisions to control their water.
Those who continue to waste water
and make no effort to control it are
admitting that the man who does have
a control method working is a better
farmer than he is. It is doubtful that
the man who wastes water would ad-
mit even to himself that anyone could
do something pertaining to farming
that he could not do just as well, but
for all practical purposes that is what -
he is doing.
If you have not been doing yourT HE CR OSS S 5EC T IO N
April 1955
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