| Show Central Utah Water Conservancy District Or Sou Sought ht Organization of the Central Utah Water Conservancy Dis tract as quickly as possible was recommended Monday by the seven man committee representing the seven coun ties Interested In obtaining much needed water from the Colorado River A progress report was pre rented to the Salt Lake Coun Coun- County ty Commission by various water wafer officials The session was in charge of Salt Lake County Commission Chair Chair Chairman man W G Larson There is a need to proceed as rapidly as possible to bring Colorado River water Into the Wasatch front Jay R Bingham director Utah Wa Wa- Water ter and Power Board report report- reported ed UTAH IS entitled to ap- ap approximately approximately proximately acre acre- feet of water from the Colo rado River said Mr fling Ding ham lam It Is presently using only 37 percent of that amount With this Central Utah Water Project we will be able to increase Utah's use to 57 percent he said Mr Bingham said the water wa- wa water ter is available but the big problem is finding an econ econ- economic economic means of bringing it to Utah The committee recommend recommend- recommended ed that aU all of Salt Lake Utah Wasatch Duchesne and Uin- Uin tab tah counties should be In- In Included eluded in the proposed eon con conservancy district that the southern part of Summitt County not including the We- We Weber Weber ber Basin should be in the district and the eastern pore per tion of Juab County A RECOMMENDATION was made that the present seven member committee be boosted to a member 17 Cen Cen- Cen Central Utah Water Conservancy District Salt Lake County would have live five representatives tives Duchesne Utah and Uintah counties three each Summit and Wasatch two and Juab one TIle The seven member commit tee was organized In Provo In March 1961 Representatives of the counties county conservancy districts mayors of cities In Salt Lake County and Indus indus- industry try agreed additional water is always needed for lor municipal industrial and agricultural expansion Palmer DeLong regional planning engineer US Bu Bu- Bureau reau of Reclamation In pro pre presenting a summary of the bu reau's planning on the pro Sect to date dale said the project cost some million HE SAID THE proposed project Is the largest of any I authorized under the Colo Colo- redo rado River bill lie added that the bureaus bureau's report on the first stage of the project will willbe be completed in June 1963 1063 It was pointed out that the project involves construction of a series of and tunnels to bring the water from the Uintah Basin to the Strawberry Reservoir TIle The program covers lurth furth or er development of Provo er cr such as building of the Bates or Keetley y dams on the Continued on page 15 Central Utah e Continued from page pago 10 Upper Provo River according to the officials Stewart McMaster regional solicitor Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation tion told of the need for a single organization to deal with the federal government in completing planning and contracting for the sale of water THE SEVEN MAN SEVEN MAN commit commit- committee tee has been In monthly ses- ses sessions sessions since it was appointed Edward W Clyde water ex- ex expert ex pert and Salt Lake County representative re- re reported reported I ported lIe He said it studied three problems He said they were Should the district be organized what area should it include and how should representation tion be apportioned The committee definitely decided that the Central utah Water Conservancy District should be organized quickly he said Commission Chairman Lar- Lar Larson Larson son said this was the first of ofa ofa a series of meetings that the next one would be in Utah County then in the other counties to present the same proposals MR GINGHAM BINGHAM explained that later on petitions would be prepared for circulation for signatures of property owners county He said 10 percent or signatures whichever Is the lesser are needed and 5 per percent percent cent or whichever is the lesser In any Incorporated city He said a district court would receive the petitions and would hear any protests Then the court would act to create the proposed conservancy conservancy ancy district or deny such creation Local interests have the main voice In the creation of the Central Utah Water Con Con- Conservancy District he said |
