Show Senator Moss Introduces Mill Creek D nm end and Reservoir Bill ail WASHINGTON INGTON Senator I Frank drank E. E Moss Utah D-Utah T TiT t day introduced introduced- a a. bill to Authorize the US U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct construct construct con con- a dam and reservoir at Mill Creek in Grand County Moss said The people of Grand County County County Coun Coun- ty Utah are anxious to conserve conserve con con- serve every drop of water which falls In their arid section section section sec sec- I tion of the tha state Too much is now being lost Even in good water years streams flood in the springtime and during cloudbursts destroy farms and homes only to run completely dry by midsummer mer and fallAt fall At my request the US U.S. Corps of Engineers began a study some time ago of Mill Milland Milland Milland and Pack Creeks In May of 1963 a public hearing was held In the court house there This hearing br brought out very forcibly the interest of the people of the area in the construction construction construction con con- in the Mill and Pack Creek valleys of a multiple- multiple purpose dam which would control floods make water available for domestic and Irrigation Ir ir- use and establish a recreation area around the dam The people also indicated ed their desire to channel improvements Improvements improvements Im im- on both Mill and Pack Creeks within the city of Moab The engineers' engineers study is estimated to cost and has been ed through fiscal year 1965 I realize that it will take some sometime sometime sometime time to Jo evaluate the studies already made and to undertake undertake under under- nd r take the further bons which will be necessary before it can be determined whether such a plan is economically economically econ econ- justified At the present rate of f allocation It will be another two years before before before be be- fore the study will be completed completed completed com com- but I am convinced that Mill and Pack Creek valley valley valley val val- val val- ley has a potential of far greater water resource development development development devel devel- than has yet been planned and I want to do everything everything everything ev ev- possible to move forward forward forward for for- ward a purpose multi project I am therefore today introducing introducing introducing intro intro- this bill biU |