Print View From: ge chapman To: Date: Tuesday - September 29, 2009 7:15 PM Subject: FARMERS AND RANCHERS KNOW MORE ABOUT WATER My father, William C. Chapman, worked for Thiokol when they first started up their Promontory facility. The reason they chose Utah was because of the dry air and manufacturing solid rocket motors is significantly easier in a dry climate. But they needed water. My father was intimately involved in the quest for water by Thiokol. Without water, there could be no Thiokol in Utah. Thiokol tried everything they could to find water. They exhausted every scientific and engineering method for locating water. They even tried non-scientific methods like water divining. They all failed. Thiokol got their water. They learned the lesson my father taught me from that experience. That lesson is important in the Snake Valley water controversy. Thiokol got their water from farmers and ranchers in the area. The farmers and ranchers knew more about water in the area than the best water scientists and engineers Thiokol could find. So when scientists and engineers say that the Snake Valley has enough water for Las Vegas, listen to the farmers and ranchers in the Snake Valley that say there isn't enough water. Farmers and ranchers know more about water than any scientist or engineer. George Chapman 801-867-7071 855 e spring view dr, Salt Lake City, Utah