Show II I t I Currant Creek Dam important to Central Utah Project I I UPPER STILLWATER RES t STRAWBERRY 1 AQUEDUCT c I STILLWATER TUNNEL l RHODES TUNNEL TUNNEL VA VA DAI I VAT TUNNEL I t r q g 1 3 A CURRANT CUR NT C CREEK EEK J w v tt A RES c ES e CURRANT El Co i TUNNEL l n q I KNIGHT N IGHT WATER LAYOUT LA OUT TUNNEL DIY DAM OAM i TU EL I. I STARVATION FEEDER v vr i r I Y lylY 40 CON CONDUIT DUIT rc 1 tN w 0 roo L l' l STARVATION RES RES- y 1 f I C j Y I y I 1 1 of s If ki T 1 7 G I HWY HWY 40 0 RELOCATION y t RELOCATION STRAWBERRY RES ENLARGEMENT T STRAWBERRY COMPLEX BONNEVILLE L LE UN UNIT IT CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT The word from Irom Senator r Wallace F. F Bennett Jennett that Secretary of 01 Interior Rogers C. C B D. D J. J Morton has approved the Currant Creek Dam and the Vat Tunnel ts is a giant stride forward for lor the Central Utah Project and the future of 01 Utah Lynn Ludlow general manager of 01 the Central Utah Water Conservancy District said last week SENATOR BENNETT said that the too Secretary informed him of 01 his decision to give the go-ahead go on the Currant Creek Dam and the Vat Tunnel in a meeting last week It is my understanding that bids will be asked for lor immediately on the 14 million dam and construction should start next spring Mr Ludlow said The people of 01 Utah are really going to be pleased with the recreational facilities that will be created as a result of 01 this new dam in addition to its important function as a regulating reservoir with minimum he said CURRANT CREEK Reservoir will have approximately surface acres and its location near the High Nigh should I make it a prime site for lor trout fishing and other recreational uses Mr Ludlow said The appropriate federal agencies already have tentative plans for lor the recreational development of 01 the area including in In- eluding a a number of 01 campgrounds boat ramps and other facilities the water official said THE NEW reservoir will be located approximately halfway r N I coat was I f r S i a f I SIf 1 G Gr Moro pereR i I r f a j Lou V r f t 1 ERMAN CRUX I I 1 aa wax i We c 4 caul a WORK 11 I CAt CURRANT CRECK R RESERVOIR VOIR axe max a I T II not Lo se RECREATION COMPLEX between Heber City and the Strawberry River northeast of 01 the present Strawberry Reservoir Construction on the Vat Tunnel 1 which will transport water from the West Fork Pork of the Duchesne River to the new Currant Creek Dam will be deferred for lor about a year according to Senator Dennett Bennett to insure that there are sufficient sufficient suf suI funds lunds available and to allow additional time for lor further lurther consultations with the Ute Indian Tribe TilE THE CENTRAL Utah Project involves developing water resources for both Indian and non Indian interests and Isis is isa isa is a joint cooperative solution to Central Utah's critical water needs said Mr Ludlow A deferral of 01 Indian water rights is involved in the completion of the overall Central Utah water collection system and the Interior Department apparently wants more time to insure that the Indian rights are fully lully protected WE ARE very pleased with this initial approval of 01 the Vat the Vat Tl Tunnel Mel as it is a critical element in the Bonneville Unit Mr Ludlow emphasized The purpose of 01 the Central Utah Project is to conserve regulate and direct Utah water now flowing off the south slopes of 01 the into the Green and Colorado Rivers and eventually ly out of 01 the state The Vat Tunnel and Currant Creek Dam are very important elements of the overall project which will capture and divert water for use in the Uintah Basin along the Wasatch Front and in the Sevier Basin 1 K f SAL JORDANELLE city f RESERVOIR STRAWBERRY AQUEDUCT IV t. t A. A fJ a. a UPPER STILLWATER MATER REI RESERVOIR AQUEDUCT k e CR RES DIAMOND FORK en R y J JN BAY sere DINE DIKE li PROVO OAY e r y r e r STARVATION HAYES RESERVOIR u 1 t t t r RESERVOIR WASATCH WAATCH AQUEDUCT N I ENLARGED MONA Ji i NEPHI t RESERVOIR s CANAL I J SEVIER CANAL CANALa a v. v r I LEGEND f f PIPELINE OR TUNNEL 1 LARGE CANAL LAND Q BY PROJECT IRRIGATION 1 I 4 J ii t cp V c 1 1 C Ot erre CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT r BONNEVILLE UNIT said Mr Ludlow IT SEEMS as though we may have the Central Utah Project moving again Mr Ludlow said These approvals are giant strides in that direction a and that thatis is very good news indeed for Utah and he said She Sometimes Sometimes my my father takes things apart to seek seewhy why they dont don't go gor He So She So you had better go I. I |