Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-06 | Page 1 | Water Group Pledges Help

I WATER GROUP I PLEDGES HELP Provo Unit to Back Deer Creek Plan Special to The ram PROVO Feb G The Thc The Provo metropolitan metropolitan metropolitan met met- water district will support support support sup sup- port action taken Wednesday by y the Provo River Water Users' Users associatIon association asso asso- elation Alex Hedquist president announced today Action of the association was embodied in a resolution favoring Immediate construction of ot the tho Deer creek project on a n modified scale with construction of the Duchesne tunnel if It and when sufficient contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts are obtained to justify It The Tho resolution also left loft tho the door wide wido open to let lot Salt Lake City enter the tho project by leaving dIrectorates directorates directo directs rates open on the tho associations association's board of directors which Salt Lake City may fill later later later-If If it so chooses and pd by providing for construction of or tho the Duchesne tunnel and the larger larger- project i if Salt Lako Lake City decides decides decides de de- de- de to enter at a later date The Provo metropolitan water district board will meet February 19 to discuss ways of hastening action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion on the plans adopted by the Provo River Water Users' Users tion Under the modified plan the tho average average aver aver- age yield of tho the reservoir would be beabout beabout beabout about acre feet teet It was brought out Wednesday Farmers and municipalities municipalities municipalities mu mu- in Summit Wasatch and Utah counties would subscribe for tor water but farmers in the western portion of ot Salt Lake v valley would get water from the tho Provo Reservoir Continued on Column Five WATER GROUP PLEDGES HELP Continued from rah Tago One Water Users Users' company and the Uta Utah Lake Lako Distributing company E. E A A. Jacob secretary of River Rive Water Vater Users' Users association sal said Thursday About acres i ip in west Salt Lake Lako valley would b be watered in this manner The Provo Reservoir Water Users Users' company would be the largest single subscriber under the modified pla plan with about acre feet The Th Utah Lake Lalta Distributing company compan would be second with about 1600 acre feet teet Provo would be the larg cst eat subscribing municipality wit with about bout acre feet teet The Telegram PROVO Feb 6 Resignation 6 Res ot of o City Engineer W. W D. D Be Beers rs of Sa Salt Lake City from the thc board of at directors directors tors tore of the Provo Prove River Water Vater Users Users' association will not affect the pla plan of the tho organization to seek Immediate Imme- Imme diato diate construction of f the tho project o on on modified a-modified scale officers said toda today A adopted by a quorum of directors Wednesday urged construction construction con con- of the Ute project with n no obligation for the tho government t to Include the Duchesne tunnel until sufficient water subscriptions ar are obtained v Although the resignation of M Mr Beers leaves Salt Lak Lake Lake- City without without with with- out representation on the board th the four directorates formerly held b by the city will be left open for th the present in case the city decides t to rejoin the association it was an an- flounced Seven of the 11 original directors director ra remain on the board enough for a quorum giving the association th the he right to transact business