| Show CUP Halt Half Proposal Assailed by byWater byWater byWater Water Leader A moratorium on the Central Utah Project Project Pro Pro- would only increase construction costs resulting in higher water bills to consumers said Lynn Ludlow manager of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District LUDLOW DENOUNCED a resolution issued by the Sierra Club calling for a moratorium on construction of the water project and requesting hearings on the matter The district manager said this areas area's water supply is developed to its it's capacity and if this project is stopped the states state's economy is dead Following a two day tour by California water officials through the Central Utah Project Ludlow issued this statement concerning the states state's water program THE SAFETY comfort convenience health future and economic well-being well of the people in our communities depends on how we develop allocate and manage our water The competition and conflict over water water water wa wa- ter will not diminish but will steadily grow in scope FROM THIS competition however projects must large emerge expensive complex projects to move water from area of surplus to areas of need We must also pursue all avenues of water resource development such as weather weather wea wea- ther modification and water desalination desalina desalina- tion Ludlow said project costs are not excessive excessive excessive ex ex- ex- ex as was claimed by the Sierra Club HE SAID cost of the Uta Indian Project Project Project Pro Pro- one of six units of the Central Utah Project is not known Congress has authorized a study which when completed will give us an idea what the project cost will be and that figure must be approved by Congress Ludlow said Robert Hilbert general manager of the Salt Lake County Conservancy District indicated a possible water shortage in inthe inthe inthe the next few years WE ARE contracting for acre- acre feet of water through the Central Utah Project This may come in acre acre- feet increments that is if it is available If construction on the project is delayed then delivery of the water will be delayed delay delay- ed Hilbert said There was discussion of developing Bear River as a water source But I wanted to order feet acre-feet of water who would I write to he asked THERE IS no one to order water from at Bear Dear River If construction started started started star star- ted today to develop that river for water supply it would be 20 years before we coul get any he said One foot acre-foot of water covers one acre of land one foot deep |
