Show DAM PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AMPLE WATER Deer Creek Plan Will Care for Future S. S L. L Needs Dr Mead Says The proposed Deer Creek reservoir will give Salt Lake City exchange rights which will assure an ample wa via water water ter supply for the city until such time as an aqueduct might be built Dr Elwood Mead commissioner of rec reclamation reclamation reclamation said Monda Monday Dr Mead i hin if h in Salt Lake attending the America farm burc bureaus bureau's lus lu's third annual wate users' users conference Dr Mead stated also that due to th depleted condition of at the fund there was v little likelihood cany r c rany any construction getting under wr w- for at least two years NEEDS SECRETARY'S OKEH OKE Plans for the Deer Creek tion project which have been in th making for more than three year yearS will be released officially to the put pub lie lic as soon as they are approved by th the secretary of the interior Dr Mead S said Dr Mead sent a copy of the re report report report port to Secretary Ray Lyman Monday Dr Mead explained also that while the ultimate development would cosi coslin coslin in excess of the initial project would cost only about half that amount The dam which will be located about three miles below the mouth of Deer creek in Provo canyon canyon can can- yon will be built to its maximum height of or feet when the first unit of the project is constructed Trans Trans- mountain diversions can come whenever whenever when when- ever there is sufficient demand for water in Salt Lake valley to warrant construction of y t six mile tunnel from the Duchesne river to the upper Provo river Reclamation officials have moved cautiously in handling this report be because because because cause of oC its importance to the people of Utah Dr Mead said We Ve feel fecI that upon this report a great deal o othe of the future of this state will depend WILL OUTLINE PROSPECTS This report will outline the reel red mation possibilities of Salt Lake valey vz va ley for the next years It will g into diversions for th first time and show whether or no the Uintah h b basin s ri will wm be injured b bany b any iny diversions from that into Salt Lake valley There will b b- b some valuable information about pow po power er possibilities Then there Is th vital effect the building of the will have upon the water supply r Salt Lake City This latter is of ot especial Impo tance lance to the bureau of reclamation b b- cause city participation in tion projects offers serious problem which must be dealt with in specie ways Then of course there is tha section of the report which will wilI sho what can be done with supplemental water to farms in Utah and Salt Lake Lake- counties Dr Mead left Salt SaIt Lake Monday night for the Hoover dam darn Dr Mead has not been at the dam for six months R. R F. F Walter chief engineer for or the bureau of reclamation accompanied accompanied him Mr Walter has not been at the dam since before Christmas E. E B. B Debler hydraulic engineer will return to his Denver office Tues Tues- day e |