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Show i " - . , .. - , . ' . J . ; . - . - .-. ....., , v- 11 - . V STARVATION RESERVOIR js it appears when it kjs drawn down this past (all so an intake structure for Duchesne city water purification plant could be constructed. Starvation reservoir begins filling Starvation Reservoir is beginning to refill. Kirt Carpenter, Projects Manager for the Central L'tah Project says that Die reservoir was draw n dow n this past fall so that an intake structure for water purification plant could be constructed. The intake structure work has been completed and the reservoir is now refilling. The hydrologist estimates that during a normal water year it should take 1U to 18 months to refill the 167,000-acre-foot storage reservoir. Starvation Reservoir was one of the first Central Utah Project reservoirs constructed. It was completed in 1970 and has been furnishing the Duchesne River farmers with irrigation water and a recreation spot for our local sportsmen for 9 years. Now the reservoir will also be used to provide a municipal water supply for Duchesne and Fast Duchesne culinary water improvement district. A water purification plant will be constructed by the Central Utah Water next spring. |