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Show VJeLier Basin Hants Firm Commitments LAYTON - Webef Basin Water Conservancy District wants firm commitments for the sale of an additional 1,200 acre-feet of culinary water before giving approval to a plan to improve the delivery' (system serving six communi- ' ties. THE PLANS call for extension exten-sion of several lines, additional addi-tional metering stations and connecting one Weber Basin well and city wells in Sunset and Clinton to the overall delivery system. Also involved in-volved are the northern Utah communities of West Point, Syracuse, Clearfield and Roy. Ivan Flint, assistant district dis-trict manager, said the improvements would come in four phases. HE SAID the commitment to ' sale of additional water was necessary to provide funds for the first two phases which would cost about $203,000 and would be amortized over a 40-year period. Mr. Flint said unofficial commitments totaling more than 1,300 acre-feet have been received from the cities involved, in-volved, but that he wants firm commitments before going ahead with the project. HE EMPHASIZED that the improvements would improve water pressure and capacities to the cities. Funds for the first two phases of . the proposed project would come from the district's reserve account. Mr. Flint noted, grb : |