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Show Thursday, February 10, 196 OREM -GENEVA TIMES . ..." i" a - ' ' i 0 What's The Purpose? - jM .. -mist f . a bo- ittW . ; I " .1.. ' . fe ' " . -S t. '' v. nsrf ni .v . , tedt bt,- - ' liwriJ !.. -' VH .' . - 7:wol s mi . .'; ; ; s, ,v 3o c.'5;)d PJ3.'I jJyi wol ssii n noJia. Tlie Colorado River Storage Project is de-(igned de-(igned to put water to use that is now going to waste. Its purpose is to allow the Upper Basin States their full share of water. The project will provide water for irrigation, industrial and domestic use. It will generate, as a by-product, hydroelectric power. Water will be stored during wet years so that there will be water for all in the dry years. The project reservoirs reser-voirs will regulate the flow of the river. OWhat Does It Entail? Briefly, the Colorado River Project is a series of storage dams to be built by the federal government govern-ment on the Upper Colorado River and its tributaries. trib-utaries. Included are a number of participating projects, which take water from the river or its tributaries and put it to use for irrigation and domestic purposes. ' ' . The initial phase of the project calls for construction con-struction of six of these clams, h also calls for 15 participating units in four states Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The dams will be multiple-purpose dams, serving serv-ing to regulate the river flow, provide long range . hold-over storage, and generate hydroelectric power. (It provides for the coinH-te ;nd efficient use of available water.) O Who Owns The Water? j In 1922, the seven states of the Colorado Ri. er ' Basin (that area drained by the Colorado Kiver system) entered into a compact dividing the waters ,f of the Colorado River between the Upper Basin ' States (Colorado, New Mexico, Ut.ih and Wyoming) Wyo-ming) and thtj Lower Basin states (California, . Arizona arid Nevada.) ,. Before the Uper Basin States could utilize the water allotted jo them under the l'J22 compart, they' hacf to aure'e among themselves how tlicy would tit vide the waici. In 1948, ilm agieenient was reached, ft allocates 51.73 per cent of the Upper Basin's share of w ater to the state of Colo- " rado.'The state of Utah is to receive 23 per cent, -! Wyoming,-14 pel cent, and Nev Mexi-.o. 1 1 23 pei cent. I . - The rlei and its UibutaiiL-s originate in these four states. The Coluiadu Ri.er Siurag? Pioject is a iiiastci plan to let these states use tiicir own wutei, and still del.ver the I.Gm Basin's full "compact" share as iccommended by the Bureau of Reclamation. O Who Planned The Project? u ' For more than 30 years, the Bureau of Recla- mation has been investigating water resource dc- " velopment possibilities in the Colorado River . Basin. ' The recommended project is the result of years . of engineering study, of on-the-spot investigation. It is no theoretical plan by oflicc-bound analysts Instead, it is the work of experts who have dared '- the rapids of the River to make their study at 3' first hand. ' ' O Who Pays For The Project? , Hydroelectric power features of the entire project proj-ect will repay the costs in full, including standard 2Vi per cent interest. ... ' '!' Reclamation features are, of course, interest 7f ':' free as they always have been under rcclama- l-t l-t tion law. However, the principal will be paid ' , back in full and within the statutory time limit. Once the project has paid for itself, the U.S. , Treasury will then have the full power revenues , . from the project as a permanent source of income i millions of dollars annually. Ia other woids, the Colorado River Storage Project will make a substantial amount of.moncy for Uncle Sam and his taxpayers in the long run. O Who's Behind The Project? President Eisenhower has singled out develop ment of the Upper Colorado River basin as one of his most important goals in the 1955 Congres r r :n sional program." ' UJ VliiiijjU Secretary of the Interior McKay has long -u! diriD d'ucT voiicacked the project and presently urges .its ap- j. i t f :; ;IiA .D;;b,, Senate and House Committees'favorably re-ni re-ni .s'.'.i .fi Ji-Iv.j ,h, nrn;,,, hill, in 1QS4. hut these bJf.rw; njxl i proposais no, reach a votc on thc floor before i ecj;oG has bX ? iiw.'ri"! lllvr oda ,b -12 fi-l-'sJ 1,31; Jl uv in n ;b t IS .1 ir.pio- 9i.t riOi-Nn-j.; YOU MST ACT PROMPTLY 10 sqti-3-; ".l ji;0 6u .a '.' .... St." f--. '.M&mhikrtta. W benefit t T-i iiiii i! ".7;:', V a.n. t r ; ..I . . - : - I) A Ay 'v. - , 1. rom - 11 .-: w srosnei m m r KASSAGE of the Colorado River Storage Project bill, now before Congress, is vital to the future JL growth and prosperity of the four western states of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico as well as Utah Valley. ' Perhaps no other legislation, now in view, could make way for so much industrial, agricultural and recreational progress where it is needed most, as would the passage of this bill. The Colorado River Storage Project would allow utilization of hundreds of thousands of acres of new . land and would supply needed additional water for many more acres ... it would provide new power and water necessary to develop new industries and the great mineral resources of the "Nation's Treasure Chest." ... it would provide great new recreational areas for boating, fishing, camping and would make accessible for the first time new scenic wonders including the dinosaur fossil beds ... it would provide new opportunity oppor-tunity for work before and after the construction of the project ... it would lengthen the life of Hoover Dam by materially decreasing the tremendous silt deposit in Lake Mead. The Colorado River Storage Project would make Utah Valley and all America stronger, richer and more beautiful! ABOUT ECHO PARK ' One of the major proposed dams in the Colorado Rivet "' Storage Project and the one most vital to Utah Valley is the Echo Park Dam. More mis-information has been circulated cir-culated about this dam by those who oppose it than all other phases of the project put together. The term "park" is a misnomer in relation to the Echo Canyon area. Reports that the project would flood and hence ruin the rugged beauty of the canyons are untrue In some places the walls are over 3,000 feet deep, and the water will be only 500 feet deep at its greatest depth. , At the damsite, water will rise less than a fifth of the way up the canyon walls. The Dinosaur fossil beds in the Dinosaur National Monument are 20 miles below the Echo Park damsite. Archaeological and mineralogical deposits will not be endangered en-dangered or destroyed in any way in fact, the project will give greater access to them. , There is no issue of "invasion" of a National Monument Monu-ment Reclamation withdrawal was specifically included in the Presidential Proclamation when the original Monu-yrl Monu-yrl enlarged in 193& '- I- . ;' V- - , T7. - - 1 FlAWNGQOtCCOAM . , WYOMING SALt IAKE CITY lliliSllll $PUT MOUNtAIN PAWiV V ii J'ii- . ' " ----- ... w. ... MAT CAHVON OAM 1 I A 1 0b needed lM L I VI 1 JC If! 1111 II I k. 111 --."V . III -SIS.-!'-"! ?!. 5' ? ' . . , I 1 .- ' J 1 JOIN THE AQUALANTES! SEND A CONTRIBUTION TO "AQUALANTES, BOX 131, PROVO' UTAH." MONEY WILL BE USED TO PROMOTE BILL. ".'"- jtflpe'rr.! vl 6,-e wst'7S irsiO: .wT jt.Y f,U f.-m vSm-Z'-t-stry'tfi lath' 'fMrfvf .-rt " ...tkiinipmiiiiRliLi'Tiirii'ivtTPf araiit lji" nn IPT A klr AfU THEM TO WRITE THEIR CONGRESSMEN URGING PASSAGE OF THE BILL. j r u . , ' i. 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