Show q 4 LT o 4 t i k 4 t jf 4 B 13 H left leU president and L Y secretary of Conservancy District present F M Clinton Salt Lake regional director or of the U TI S Bureau of Reclamation with a giant copy of the first Vernal Project repayment check I Conservancy District Makes 1st Payment Uintah Water Conservancy District made the first repay repay- repayment repayment ment of con constructIon cost Thursday of last week by any participating unit of the Col Col- Colorado orado River storage Project The check for was handed to the Salt Lake re- re regional re regional gional office of the Bureau of Reclamation B H president president dent and L Y sec sec- secretary secretary of Uintah Water Con Con- Conservancy Conservancy District presented the check to F M Clinton Bureau regional director Conservation District resi- resi residents residents dents made up the payment from charges for culinary wa- wa water Water ter front from the Vernal Unit at Farmers will also share in inthe inthe the construction costs repay repay- repayment repayment ment plant The initial repay repay- repayment meat ment is one of 40 installments required irs In a contract be- be between between tween the local water district and the US THE FIRST check was wasi i ma made up entirely of charges for municipal water A second check ck for was also paid for operation and main main- maintenance maintenance of the project works for 1963 The Vernal Unit was auth auth- authorized by Congress in 1956 and was completed eartly this year It is part of the 25 million I Central Utah Project and pro pro- vides storage in Re Re- Reservoir through a diversion darn dam on Ashley Creek feeder Leeder and service canals The reservoir provides sup sup- irrigation tion water for acres of farm land iland in addition to culinary water |