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Show Water Bo&rd ScheMes-lmportmt Meeting fe Mh Utah's Board of Water Resources Thursday will inspect the Mill Creek development project site, one of the most expensive water proposals ever suggested for significant state funding support. The tour of the site will precede the first half of a split meeting of the board which completes an extensive inspection of potential Southeastern Utah water projects on Friday before returning to Salt. Lake City Saturday. Moving deep into San Juan County Friday, the board will take a look at sites of other possible water developments and will join Lt. Gov. David Monson and members of Gov. Scott Matheson's state drought.committee to see sections of the state where the lack of precipitation has been extremely severe. On hand for the Mil Creek investigation investiga-tion will be members of the Grand County Water Conservancy District. It will host the Board of Water Resources at a dinner Thursday at the SunDowner Restaurant. A major function of the board is administering the 30-yr. old revolving construction fund and the cities' water loan fund "to the end that every li'.v.an'ain s.it'afi. -ev'try water resource within the state can be made to render the highest beneficial service." Investments from funds are repaid and Leaders of the various trails w ill be on hand to discuss equipment. requirements, scenery, time schedules, etc., or to answer any questions. Tickets for the breakfast will be on sale that morning. SI. 50 for adults and $1 for children 12 and under. Traditional Easter Sunrise Services will be held on Easter Sunday morning at 6:30 a.m. in the Arches National Park at the LaSal Mountain Viewpoint. The services are designed for all faiths and sponsored by the Moab Ministerial Association. This is a special and unforgettable part of Easter in Canyon Country. The early hour warrants warm, casual clothing for the event. reinvested in order to meet that goal. Since the legislature made its first appropriation, the revolving construction construc-tion fund has financed $23.5 million worth of water development. The total appropriation to the fund over the 30 years is less than $14 million. Director Daniel F. Lawrence of the State Division of Water Resources will head a team from his staff which is scheduled to report on 22 water projects throughout the state either at the Thursday meeting or at Blanding on Friday. Topping that list is the $3.6 million Mill Creek Project to develop 4,600 acre-foot of water to provide a supply for 565 acres of new land and supplemental water for 190 acres. There would be another 1,400 acre-foot of municipal and industrial water to meet growth demands de-mands in Moab and Spanish Valley. An additional benefit for Moab area residents would be a minimum 400 acre-foot recreation pool for fishing and limited small craft boating in a 2,600 acre-foot capacity off stream reservoir included in the project plans. The first of the two board meetings will begin at 3 p.m. in the Moab City Council Chambers. An important item on Thursday's agenda, along with the Mill Creek project is a status report on the Cleveland Dam repair project. Board members Thursday also will hear feasibility reports on a pair of San Pete Co. irrigation improvements and a Uintah Co. culinary water project; committal of funds reports for another San Pete Co. sprinkler irrigation project and one in Rich Co.; final authorization reports from the cities' water loan fund for the communities of Alta, Salt Lake Co; Enoch, Iron Co.; Altamount, Duchesne Du-chesne Co.; Plymouth, Box Elder Co.; and Westpoint, Weber Co. Before completing com-pleting the agenda Friday at Blanding, the Board plans to take a look at the proposed site of the Recapture Dam on Recapture Creek and tour the Bluff bench and West Bluff potential development develop-ment on the San Juan River. A highlight of the Blanding meeting will be a report to the state drought committee on the Blanding, Monticello and Mexican Hat municipal water systems sys-tems and how the drought is affecting t-em. |