Show wo In 15 5 Years Years- Riches for fr Basin From CUP The Uintah Basin can look forward ald to a possibility of oC million dollars loll into Its economy conomy over the next fifteen years from work on the Bonneville Unit of the CUP CUI The first of these millions will come this year with the open ing of bids for th the Starvation Dam near Duchesne announced hy by hythe bythe the BurC Bureau of If Reclamation for l February 16 at their offices In Duchesne This n news WS comes from L Y V lav member of oC the board o of directors of the Central Utah Water Conservancy Dis- Dis DisI District lic I SPECIFICATIONS on the new dam the first major con con- construction feature of the Boone Boone- Booneville ville ille Unit of the CUI CU will be available for inspection hy by pro proe bidders at the Du Du- Du Duchesne chesne B of f It Office on J Janu- Janu January U Il ar ary G 6 A total of 75 million was re rc Gently approved d by the US Congress to begin the project how bow much of that figure will bo be available a ill ht cash for Cor this fiscal year has not yet been made public Optimistic reports look for more than half of oC that fig fig fig- figure ure STARVATION Dam to b he 10 lo Gated three miles upstream m from Duchesne on the Straw Straw berr berry River niver will store acre feet of water when it is completed It will enable star stor- storage age water to he be used as needed to 10 supplement present in the Duchesne water area and it will water pre pre- presently used In the Duchesne Ri- Ri River Ri ver vel area This water in turn will be diverted to the Bonne vine vitle Basin officials explain About feet acre age water will hc be provided for fOI supplemental irrigation to 26 acres o of land along the Du Du- chesne River WATER requirements ments of the the t j Duchesne area areail will il have first O et Oen water diverted to to the Wasatch rant front area the Dis triet has assured The Kni Knight ht Diversion Dam Dam to divert water fr from m the Duchesne River through the Starvation I feeder conduit to Starvation Re Re- Re Reservoir may be contracted this year No official announcement of the money available or bid slates has Inas been made for this unit yet although it had been expected by the Central District that bids would be let for this phase of the project in the same month as the Starvation Dam THE STRAWBERRY Aque Aque- Aqueduct duct Water Hollow Tunnel is not expected to be started this year As originally planned the tunnel was a downstream cam seg seg- seg segment ment of the Strawberry aque aque- aqueduct duel duct and was the first part of the aqueduct to be built Ulti Ultimately the aqueduct will carry water from Rock Creek and seven other headwater streams feeding the Duchesne area to the Strawberry Reser Reser- Reservoir voir and eventually to the Wa Wa- Wasatch satch Front L RELOCATION of Highway f US 40 to clear cleur the reservoir area at Duchesne will be a ne no- no Continued on page 6 I I Million Continued from page 1 before water can be I stored in the unit Work Is ex peeled to begin on highway re re- re relocation location this year Including time the contracting of a large bridge This work will bring more jobs and money to the area during the coming season Construction of a government town of streets sewer lines and foundations for mobile hones has moved ahead rapidly In the southwest part of Du Du- Duchesne chesne according to a recent report of the Central Centra District About mobile homes Is foreseen for fot the town within a ato to town n for people engaged in work on the project TH THE E TOWN was allowed to tobe tobe be built on schedule by an em em- emergency loan of to the Bureau of U by the Central District after the Bur Bur- Bureau eau elu ran short of funds In March 1965 1005 The money allowed the lime contract to be salvaged and work went ahead |