Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-01 | Page 1 | Reduced Deer Creek Plan Studied by Provo Board

Reduced Deer Creek Plan Studied by Provo Board i I I Special to The Tha Telegram PROVO PROVO Investigation Investigation of a reduced Deer Creek project plan which would not include Salt Lake City as a subscriber is under underway underway underway way by the Provo metropolitan water district board Alex Hedquist Hedquist Hed Hed- quist president announced Saturday The plan wo would ld retain all lr the features of the present resent one with exception of ot elimination of the Duchesne tunnel The project would cost about and would have a yield of ot approximately approximate- approximate ly y acre feet of water compared com com- pared ared to a cost of af and a n afield yIeld field of acre feet per year of the larger project A special meeting of the local water board may be called soon coon President Hedquist said to discuss the hc project Continued delay of the tho larger larser arger project by Salt Lake Cit City may result in serious efforts to proceed proceed pro pro- with the tho smaller plan without Salt Lake City as a subscriber board members said Elmer Jacob Deer creek project I manager said If it modulations could r I be made in the prese present t repayment contract to fit tit the smaller plan construction construction con con- con I could get under way as soon as 80 per cent or more of the I acre feet teet was subscribed I I Clauses could be inserted in the contract which would allow construction construction construction con con- of ot the Duchesne tunnel and restore the project to the prescot present present pres pres- ent cot size if It sufficient stock is ls subscribed subscribed sub sub- scribed by Salt Lake City or others to justify its construction Mr Jacob said Directors of or the Provo Prove River Rivera Vater Water Wa Va ater ter Users' Users association were were schedUled scheduled sched sched- to meet Saturday afternoon I and discuss the I recently approved repayment contract I II I