| Show I I y m t 7 r r L i w kr I n 1 ri II I q o U c q l-q- H I P W WI S u t i f b f I r y r s Jig Iii i t jl j i i w w wa wal r n a aw Y l 3 f w wa T r i a Pt t l I I It j T THIS IS STARVATION DAM according to an artists conception The dam is feet high and 2900 feet long The lake formed behind it will have a capacity of feet acre of water derived from IL t 2 o the Strawberry and Duchesne Rivers This Thi's view looking upstream I Ithe on photo the Strawberry River Is three miles from Duchesne Reclamation St Starvation r ati n Dam Da m Bids to Open tt of Duchesne T Begins 20 Million Job I Bids for the construction of Starvation Dam will be opened at Duchesne at 10 am today I Thursday at the high school I About 15 companies including local and nationally known conS con tractors are expected to enter bids reported Palmer B De Be- Be BeLong Long project manager for the Central Utah Project Several hundred people are expected to attend STARVATION DAM Is to be built on Strawberry River about I 3 miles upstream from I Duchesne Duchene It 11 will be a rolled I structure about 1551 i feet high and 2900 feet long It will create a foot acre I reservoir feet acre largo larg I er than the present Deer Creek Reservoir Water stored in the I will be used for sup sup- supplemental Irrigation of acres of land In the Duchesne River area and to replace some water presently used In that area which will be diverted to the Bonneville Basin Benefits I I will also be provided at Star Star- Starvation valion Reservoir for outdoor rec rec- rec recreation I fish and wildlife con can conservation and flood control I Work on Starvation Dam marks the beginning of con construction of the long awaited Bonneville Unit which will be bei a major factor in developing I Utah's resources The entire Bonneville Unit will cot cost ap ap- ap approximately proximately million and will expand Uinta Basins Basin's water supply as well as provide critically needed water to the fast developing Wasatch Front EVEN THOUGH Starvation Dam is to be located on Straw Straw- Strawberry berry River niver the greater part of the storable water supply will come from the Duchesne I River This water will ill be div liv at the potential l Knight Diversion Dam about 5 miles upstream from Duchesne and will flow in the foot 7 mile long Starvation Feeder Conduit from the diversion dam to Starvation Reservoir The hid bid opening for fOI lion tion Dan Dam is the first of three hid bid openings this month Bids for Knight Diversion Dam will ill willibe illI ibe I be opened 21 and for I forI Starvation feeder Conduit on February 28 Mr h said I Total con construction cot cost of the Starvation complex including Starvation Dam and ne Reservoir er Knight Diversion Dam Iam noel and Starvation Feeder Conduit is estimated l f mated hy by the Bureau of Reclamation at about 20 mIllion |
