Show p t t S 4 RESERVOIR Instead of the normal full lull water storage supply for this time of the year this Vernal Vernol reservoir is drained down to Its low level The Tho shoreline Is re receding eding and islands usually covered with water are ap ap- pea ring due to the drought conditions causing very little ap- ap water coming In and a big demand for water going out of the storage reservoir z l' l S. S t d. d A AS b S. S S K t a BOAT RAMP is getting farther and farther from the waters water's edge The concrete ramp ends about where the boat trailer is located on the left The portable dock ock c continues i ito ito to move out into the reservoir as the water level recedes i. i Ho- Ho House Hoe e subcommittee app approves approves ove W- W mx Pf R. R ne y for f GURA fl h r ro 1 i The House public works appropriations subcommittee has rebuffed President Carter and Secretary of Interior Cecil Andrus in their effort to reduce several water programs including including including in in- the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project The subcommittee allowed the full asked for fiscal 19 1978 8 by the thc Ford administration administration administration ad ad- ministration but added at the request of Rep Gunn McKay Utah D-Utah a member of the parent appropriations appropriations appropriations ap ap- ap- ap committee The new money would be for work on the upper Stillwater reservoir The balance is earmarked for forthe forthe forthe the first mile of the Alpine Aqueduct continuing drilling on the third one-third completed Vat tunnel work on the Stillwater Tunnel and rehabilitation of Provo Reservoir Canal Besides there will be reloca relocation tion work on the west side of the Strawberry road THE SU SUBCOMMITTEE ll also allowed for the Jensen Unit of the CUP Besides there was forthe for forthe forthe the Vernal Unit and for the Lyman Project which is in Utah and amount to accor- accor during the next fiscal year will amount to acco ding to the Bureau of Reclamation Other Utah items item's in the bill are for advance planning on the Uinta Project and for the Upalco Project There is also in the bill for Utah recreation facilities at Flaming Gorge Currant Creek Reservoir Strawberry Reservoir Reservoir and the Jensen Unit SUGGESTED report language which was circulated at the meeting concerning the Bonneville Unit said in part The committee received testimony from members of the Congress and the present and former governors of Utah supporting the project Gov Scott Matheson testified that 62 percent of the population of Utah resides within the boundaries boundaries boundaries boun boun- daries of the 12 counties served by the Central Utah Water conservancy district And that people will benefit by the water to be delivered for municipal t and a agricultural purposes from the project He further stated The stated The majority of our population not only supports the Bonneville Unit but understands understands understands un un- un- un the dire consequences consequences con con- sequences if the project is not built Chairman Tom Bevill D DAla D- D Ala presided Monday afternoon afternoon afternoon af af- af- af at the closed session of the member 11 subcommittee He lie said it was planned to report the bill to the full appropriations appropriations appropriations ap ap- ap- ap committee on May 25 A member of the subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- committee said they had recommended full funding for all but one of the projects on the Presidents President's list of project cutbacks Mr McKay said he was pleased with the subcommittees subcommittees subcommittee's sub committees committee's action but said it came as no surprise since he had talked with most of the members who had promised to look after his project He also indicated that when the final report was out it would show the funds also had been increased for some of the other Utah water projects |