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Show By ROSELYN KIRK An extension of the completion date for the construction con-struction of a K3 million drought relief project to pump water out of Willard Bay will allow Weber Basin Water Conservancy District to complete the project without losing federal funding. fund-ing. WAYNE Winegar, manager of the water district, said the district is shooting for the completion of the construction construc-tion project by Dec. 31, allowing the district until the extended Jan. 31 deadline to complete details. Although the emergency drought project was set for : completion on Nov. 30, water ; ' district officials reported to I the board late last week that the project will be completed before the extended deadline. The facilities will allow the water district to pump 40,000 feet of water out of Willard Bay in exchange for 40,000 feet of water stored in mountain reservoirs. IVAN FLINT, a water district dis-trict official said that final phases of the project are underway un-derway as Graven Brothers Construction Comoanv con- 'tinues to lay the 72-fnch metal casings that surround the 2.8 mile pipeline, much of which is laid underground paralleling the streets in Roy. When completed, the projects will result in the water from Willard Bay being pumped into the Davis-Weber Canal near Roy and used in Davis County. MR. FLINT showed slides to the water board indicating how employees from Graven Brothers Construction Company Com-pany are presently burrowing under Interstate 15 to construct con-struct the casing prior to connecting con-necting with the Davis-Weber Canal. He said that two men are at work on 24-hour shifts, moving mov-ing about 16 feet a day to complete galvanized steel casing which wilt enclose the water pipe. Other casings have been constructed to allow overhead water pipes to span the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks in Roy. E.H. KNUDSEN Construction Construc-tion Company laid the first portion of the pipe, Mr. Flint said. The second section of pipe is being laid by Van Stavem Company. That company com-pany continues to install the . . water pipe in the casing built ; under the freeway. : In addition to the laying of the pipe, two other construction construc-tion companies were awarded bids to complete the equalizing equaliz-ing reservoir at 3500 West and 5200 South in Roy and build a power plant and pump house at the same site. Parson's Construction Company has almost completed the construction con-struction of the reservoir, but pumps have not been installed in-stalled in the pumping station at the reservoirs although the five, 250 horsepower pumps have been delivered and are ready to install. NELSON Brothers Construction Con-struction Company in Salt-Lake Salt-Lake City will place the pumps and then build a steel build-ing build-ing to cover the pumps, Mr. Flint said. The pumps, motors mo-tors and electrical supplies are available at the site, awaiting the completion of the project. Mr. Winegar said that although he could not document this information, that the Weber Basin emergency emer-gency drought project is probably the largest that has been funded this year by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under the drought package. The board expressed approval that the project has progressed rapidly since funding only became available availa-ble early this spring. BOARD member Ezra Clark said, "The whole Weber Basin Water Project amazes me. Davis County could only have supported half as many people if the project had not been constructed 20 years ago." The emergency relief project will allow the water district to extend the water coverage from Willard Bay into parts of Davis County. Prior to construction, Weber Basin Water has been available availa-ble only in small areas adjacent ad-jacent to the bay. |