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People for Wise Water Planning Papers, 1979-1994
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- People for Wise Water Planning (Cache County, Utah)
- Title
- People for Wise Water Planning Papers
- Dates
- 1979-1994 (inclusive)19791994
- Quantity
- 12 boxes, (6 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 304
- Summary
- This collection contains the papers of People for Wise Water Planning and spans the period from 1979 to 1994. These papers are organized by file name and include meeting minutes, correspondence, legal papers, working files, publications about the water conservancy district (WCD) debate, a log of newspaper clippings that follow the evolution of the PWWP's actions, papers concerning the forgery of signatures by pro-WCD individuals, and other related materials.
- Repository
-
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
In 1989 a group of local residents in Cache County, Utah organized People for Wise Water Planning (PWWP), an organization which opposed the creation of a proposed water conservancy district (WCD) in Cache Valley. PWWP was officially organized on February 23, 1989 with Alice Lindahl as director, Karen Fisher as secretary, and Stephen Flint as treasurer. PWWP opposed the creation of a Cache WCD for various reasons, including that the PWWP did not believe there was water crisis in Cache County, it saw no need for the county-wide boundaries advocated by the WCD, believed that the WCD would not solve any present or future problems but instead would cause environmental damage, the WCD would have the power to increase taxes, and that WCDs, in general, were undemocratic and unaccountable to the people they purported to represent and serve.
Once the PWWP was officially organized its members printed and distributed flyers, sent out monthly newsletters, attended and spoke at city council meetings, wrote letters-to-the-editor of local newspapers, staged protests, and engaged in other similar acts to oppose the formation of the district. The PWWP also hired a lawyer to combat the formation of the WCD.
A WCD in Utah is created by collecting signatures of property owners. Each taxing district – cities and unincorporated areas – need a certain percentage of signatures that equals a certain percentage of taxable property. In order to defeat a WCD district signatures of property owners must also be collected, but must equal a greater amount of the taxable property than those in favor. Once enough signatures had been obtained to create a district those opposed had only a limited time to gather enough signatures to defeat the district.
On Dec. 6, 1989 the Herald Journal reported that those in favor of creating a Cache WCD had obtained the needed signatures to begin officially organizing the WCD and later that week the Cache County Council voted to endorse the formation of the Cache WCD. However, the organization of the WCD slowed in response to criticism by Cache County Attorney Gary McKean, who stated that he would not give legal council to the pro-WCD organizers because WCDs, although legal institutions, were not led by democratically elected officials ( Herald Journal, 22 Jan. 1990).
Throughout the following months the PWWP gathered signatures in opposition to establishing a WCD. In early February 1990 Representative Evan Olsen, R-Young Ward, filed House Bill 389 which sought to increase the number of signatures opposition parties needed to halt the establishment of a WCD. However, after coming under intense criticism, the bill was withdrawn by Olsen at the end of February.
Finally, in the summer of 1990, Judge Gordon Low dismissed the pro-district petition because the petitioners changed the proposed WCD boundaries after the petition had been submitted.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This twelve-box collection contains the papers of People for Wise Water Planning and spans the period of 1979 to 1994. These papers consist of the office files of PWWP and have been organized alphabetically by file name. Included in this collection are PWWP meeting minutes, correspondence, legal papers, working files, publications about the WCD debate, a log of newspaper clippings that follow the evolution of the PWWP's actions, papers concerning the forgery of signatures by pro-WCD individuals, and other similar materials.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the People for Wise Water Planning Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: People for Wise Water Planning Papers USU_COLL MSS 304, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 304, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Files of PWWP, A-B, 1979-1990Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Ad hoc committee file |
undated |
1 | 2 | “Alternatives to Water Conservancy Districts,” papers, notes, legal documents, and other |
undated |
1 | 3 | “Alternatives to Water Conservancy Districts,” papers, notes, legal documents, and other continued |
undated |
1 | 4 | Answering service |
undated |
1 | 5 | Apple, Jeffery W., attorney from Salt Lake City, file prepared by Apple for the PWWP |
1991 |
1 | 6 | Attorney file, meeting drafts |
undated |
1 | 7 | Attempts to add names |
1991 |
1 | 8 | Bagley, Jay M., essays and statements |
1979-1990 |
1 | 9 | Bagley, Jay M., file |
undated |
1 | 10 | Box Elder County |
undated |
Files of PWWP, B-E, 1980-1994Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | Bonneville Bench Study |
1990 |
2 | 2 | Central Utah Project |
undated |
2 | 3 | Central Utah water conservation district, reports |
undated |
2 | 4 | Correspondence |
1980-1994 |
2 | 5 | Correspondence and mailings |
1980-1989 |
2 | 6 | Correspondence and papers |
1980 |
2 | 7 | Court documents, protests |
undated |
2 | 8 | Double signers petition |
undated |
2 | 9 | Editorials |
undated |
2 | 10 | Endorsement add |
undated |
Files of PWWP, F-L, 1988-1989Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
3 | 1 | Forgery material, general |
undated |
3 | 2 | Forgery material, Jimmy White |
undated |
3 | 3 | Forgery material, Tooele County |
undated |
3 | 4 | Forgery material, Uintah County |
undated |
3 | 5 | Forgery material, verifications |
undated |
3 | 6 | Fund raiser |
undated |
3 | 7 | Frank Haws write-ups |
undated |
3 | 8 | Hoggan interrogatories |
undated |
3 | 9 | Holmgren’s water seminar |
undated |
3 | 10 | Hubner reports |
undated |
3 | 11 | In/out problem |
undated |
3 | 12 | Incorporation papers of PWWP |
undated |
3 | 13 | Iron County WCD |
undated |
3 | 14 | IRS/STC |
undated |
3 | 15 | Jenny Christensen Show – Crosstalk |
1988 |
3 | 16 | League of Women Voters of Utah, papers |
undated |
3 | 17 | Legislature |
1988 |
3 | 18 | Legislature |
1989 |
3 | 19 | Letters to the editor |
undated |
Files of PWWP, L-N, 1976-1991Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 | List of petition signers |
1990 March |
4 | 2 | “Local Consequences of Reclamation Overkill,” by A. LeBaron and K. Wilde |
1976 |
4 | 3 | Logan City |
undated |
4 | 4 | LWV fight, meeting minutes of various task forces |
1997 |
4 | 5 | Mailing list |
undated |
4 | 6 | Maps of the water district in Cache Valley |
undated |
4 | 7 | Mayors of Cache County |
undated |
4 | 8 | Meeting Minutes of PWWP |
1989 |
4 | 9 | Motions files on behalf of PWWP |
1991 |
4 | 10 | Newsletters |
undated |
4 | 11 | Newspaper articles about the PWWP and the proposed WCD |
undated |
Files of PWWP, N-PReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
5 | 1 | Newspaper articles about the PWWP and the proposed WCD |
undated |
5 | 2 | Newspaper articles about the PWWP and the proposed WCD |
undated |
5 | 3 | Newspaper articles about the PWWP and the proposed WCD |
undated |
5 | 4 | North Logan case |
undated |
5 | 5 | Notes taken in court |
undated |
5 | 6 | Numbers, percent requirement |
undated |
5 | 7 | Objections |
undated |
5 | 8 | “Options for Water Management in Cache County” |
undated |
5 | 9 | Owens Valley story |
undated |
5 | 10 | Our motions/supporting data |
undated |
5 | 11 | Pamphlet drafts |
undated |
Files of PWWP, PReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
6 | 1 | Pamphlet input |
undated |
6 | 2 | Pamphlet, short |
undated |
6 | 3 | PWWP loan papers |
undated |
6 | 4 | PWWP notes |
undated |
6 | 5 | PWWP office records
(removed from 3-ring binder)
|
undated |
6 | 6 | PWWP records
(removed from a 3-ring binder)
|
undated |
6 | 7 | PWWP records (removed from a 3-ring binder) continued |
undated |
Files of PWWP, P-SReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
7 | 1 | PWWP records continued
(removed from a 3-ring binder)
|
undated |
7 | 2 | Petitions, unable to find number |
undated |
7 | 3 | Press releases of PWWP |
undated |
7 | 4 | Pro-petition and additional input |
undated |
7 | 5 | Pro and con data |
undated |
7 | 6 | Pro witnesses |
undated |
7 | 7 | Property value totals, L. Ferguson |
undated |
7 | 8 | Protest, general |
undated |
7 | 9 | Protest water filing, correspondence and papers |
undated |
7 | 10 | Questionnaires |
undated |
7 | 11 | Request to return petition |
undated |
7 | 12 | Salt Lake County WCD description |
undated |
7 | 13 | Sandy City, Utah |
undated |
7 | 14 | Slide show |
undated |
Files of PWWP, S-WReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
8 | 1 | “Some Points to Ponder Regarding a Water Conservancy District,” by PWWP |
undated |
8 | 2 | South Cache Valley landownership |
undated |
8 | 3 | South Cache Project Preliminary Feasibility Report |
1976 |
8 | 4 | The State of Utah Water |
1975 |
8 | 5 | Summary of petition signatures |
undated |
8 | 6 | Taxes/comparisons |
undated |
8 | 7 | USU water lab |
undated |
8 | 8 | Utah Water Symposium papers |
1979 |
8 | 9 | Verification of signatures |
undated |
8 | 10 | Voter records, checked signatures |
undated |
8 | 11 | Water Laws of Utah |
1964 |
8 | 12 | WCD directory |
undated |
8 | 13 | WCD laws |
1990 |
8 | 14 | WCD laws, new and old |
undated |
8 | 15 | Weber Basin WCD |
undated |
Files of PWWP, S-WReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Files of PWWP, taxroll and publication, oversized |
||
Box | ||
9 | Cache County taxroll within the WCD |
1989 |
9 | Issue of Bridgerland, “Water: A Precious Resource,” Herald Journal
|
1989 |
Files of PWWP, taxroll, oversized |
||
Box | ||
10 | Cache County taxroll within the WCD |
1990 |
Files of PWWP, taxroll, oversized, Marjorie Lewis file, and map of the Cache WCD |
||
Box | ||
11 | Cache County taxroll within the WCD |
1990 |
11 | Marjorie Lewis file on taxroll papers |
undated |
11 | Map of the Cache WCD |
undated |
Taxroll and list of signatures in favor of the Cache WCD |
1990 | |
Box | ||
12 | Cache County taxroll within the WCD |
1990 |
WCD signatures in favor of a WCD part A |
1990 | |
Box | ||
12 | WCD signatures in favor of a WCD, part B |
1990 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Water resources development--Utah--Cache County.
Corporate Names
- People for Wise Water Planning (Cache County, Utah)--Records and correspondence.