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Show River Program ProgramOutlined ProgramOutlined ProgramOutlined ProgramOutlinedThe Outlined OutlinedThe The U S reclamation bureau's bureaus bureau'scomprehensive bureau'scomprehensive bureau'scomprehensive bureauscomprehensive ' comprehensive plan for the thedevelopment thedevelopment thedevelopment development and utilization of oL ofthe oLthe otthe the water watcr resources of the Col- Col Colorado Colorado Col Colorado - orado river nver made public In an InWashmgton m.Washington mWashington . . Washmgton Washington Friday Fnday sets up a aprogram aprogram aprogram program which on the basis of ofprewar ofprewar ofprewar prewar costs would involve mvolve the theultImate theultimate theultimate ultImate of 185 185422 expenditure $2 2 $ -422 422 - 422 000 of which $930 930 $ 142 000 000would 00 00would 000would would be spent m in the upper ba- ba basm basin ba basin - - sin sm and $1 1 $ 255 300 00 0 in the thelower thelower thelower lower basin basm basinThis basmThIS basinThis This is the over all al1 program programWhICh programwhich programwhich WhICh according accordmg to the report reportcalls reportcalls reportcalls calls for the use of far more morewater morewater morewater water than is or will be avail avaIl- avaIlable available available - able Furthermore says the re- re report report re report - - port if the projects were con- con constructed con constructed - structed under prices now pre prevaIlmg prevailing vaIlmg vailing prevailing they would cost approx approx- approximately approximately - - imately 60 per cent moreThe more moreThe The bureau report which IS the isthe joint Jomt work of E 0 Larson _ _ _ n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . _ City and E A A Montz MOrItz regional regionaldirector dIrector at Boulder City con- con con - of128 templates contemplates the construction of 128 projects but as a start sug- sug sug - suggests gests an initial mitIal construction construchon pro- pro pro - program prograin gram grain projects embodying embodymg only 30 proj- proj proj - ects four of which lie he wholly In Utah inUtah one in m Colorado and Utah Utahand , and another in Utah and Ariz Anz- Anz Anzona Ariz- Ariz Arizona Arizona - - ona This initial mitIal program at atprewar atprewar atprewar little httle prewar figures would cost a ht- ht lit- lit lit - andwould tle more than $400 400 $ 000 000 and andwould andwould would tothe tQthe tathe apportion $153 153 $ 800 000 tQ ta the 200-000 200 000 200000 upper basin and $2 2 $2o2 2o2 $22 22 $ ; > 2 200- 200 , - Utahsshare 000 to the lower basin Utah Utahs Utahsshare s sshare share $32-000000 $32 32 000000 $32000 would be less than $32 32 $32- $32 32 $ - - _ 000 000 it 11 ii the state is charged wIth wIthonly chargedwith only one fifth of the cost costof costof costof four-fifths four fifths fourfIfths of the Dolores project four- four - fIfths of whose lands lie in m Col Colorado Colorado Colorado orado oradoUtah Utah s participation in m the m in mItIal initial initial ItIal ItIalconstruction construction program would programwould be as followsAshley followsAshley follows Ashley creek near Vernal $1 1 Vernal$1500 Vernal1500 $ 500 000 Brush creek near Jensen nearJensen $300000 300000 $300 300 $ 000 Cottonwood Cottonwoodcreek Cottonwoodcreek Cottonwoodcreek creek creekin 500000 in Emery county $2 2 $ 500 000 Bluff San Juan river nver $16- $16 16 $16 16 $ -000 000 - $16000 $16000000 000000 000 000 Dolores river ( Color Colorado Colorado Colorado ado 000Burncane and Utah ) $12200000 12200000 $12 12 $ 200 000 , ArizonaVirgin HurrIcane ( Utah and Anzona Arizona ) , VIrgm Virgin $9200000The nvpr rIvpr river $9200000 9200000 $9 9 $ 200 000The 000 000The The propo proposed ed Dewey dam IS ISnot isnot isnot not included lllcluded in 111 the list proposed proposed'or proposedor proposedfor ' for immediate construction al forlater though although the proJ project ect is listed hsted for forlater forlater later constructIonThe constructionThe construction The two southeastern Utah Utahprojects Utahprojects recommended for mltIal initial mltIalconstructIon initialconstruction initialconstruction constructIon are described descnbed as asfollows asollows asollowsBluff Bluff project A reserVOIr reservoirwith reservoirwith a capacity of 3 000 000 acre acrefeet acreeet would require contructIon construction constructionof constructionof contructIonof $ of a dam to raise the water 340 340feet 340feet 340feet feet Such a dam ultImately ultImatelycould ultimatelycould ultimatelycould could operate a 52 000 k w wpower wpower wpower power plant although for the thepresent thepresent thepresent present only storage for floodcontrol flood floodcontrol floodcontrol control and silt retention IS IScontemplated iscontemplated iscontemplated contemplated No irrigation IrngatIon IS ISmvolved isinvolved ismvolved mvolved involved mvolvedDolores involvedDolores Dolores project A dam to 1m im 1mpound impound imsound pound 185 000 acre feet at the theMcPhee theMcPhee theVIcPhee McPhee site on Dolores rIver- rIver rIverand riverand nver-and nver and - - and a canal crossing crossmg the dIvIde dIvIdemto divideinto divideinto mto into the San Juan basin basm through througha a 4400 foot tunnel would , pro- pro provIde provide pro provide - vide water to irrigate Irngate 40 000 000acres 000acres 000acres acres in m the Dove Creek area areaOf areaOf areaOf Of this 7500 acres lie in Utah |