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Show the Lehi Free Press - Thursday, September 24, 1981 - Page A-- 2 CUP Comes Slowly : Surely years behind schedule but inexorably toward comthe Central Utah Water Project (CUP) is making appearances again in Utah Valley. The VS. Bureau of Reclamation, CUP's major sponsor, is preparing to install two new aqueducts - one to deliver water from Provo Canyon to the Jordan area; the other, a shorter one terminating above Lehi, intended to serve north Utah County (See story and map on page A-l-). Plodding moving pletion, water users welcome the But it is drawing worried from local mayors and other who fear high water prices and future interference with the ability of a city to expand its own water services. All seven mayors, Some project. glances officials from Lindon ticipating in to Lehi, are par- a water management agency formed to present alternatives to the Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District. They may have good cause for concern: Many questions have not yet been answered satisfactorily, and once the new lines are in place, problems would be permanent. For example, operation of the new aqueducts would first require a complex water trade and a change in . as water right (an agricultural filing in the Jordan area for untreated water). At present, y water flows through the point of diversion of what is known the Jacob-Welb- y Jacob-Welb- Murdock Canal, but when the new pipelines go into operation that water would be pumped from the Jordan River. The change would drastically reduce the volume in in the Murdock Canal and transfer the burden of seepage and evaporation loss -previously shared by all users - to the remaining Utah County users. Worse still, canal volume would be reduced so much, according to one estimate, that there would be nothing but a dry ditch to greet Lehi City. Lehi taps into Murdock Canal in Highland. Of course, treated water would be available to Lehi from the new Alpine aqueduct - for a whopping increase in price. And they would be virtually forced to buy. The current cost of water to a city on its own system is considerably lower than anything CUP can offer. For instance, American Fork water costs approximately $20 per acre foot; Orem, which has been buying CUP water for some time, pays approximately $120 per acre foot. But it is likely that with the construction of the Jordan and Alpine pipelines and the planned treatment plant exsoar to $240 pansion, cost of water will . ' . or more. ' Couldn't a city simply expand its own water works rather than buy CUP liquid gold? Not if it relies on Federal grants for construction. The mere presence of the Alpine aqueduct would make it virtually impossible to get money. Moreover, the Bureau of Reclamation does not have a reputation of being easy to get along with. They could conceivably delay a city for years in court on a request for easement across their pipeline. Beyond these questions is another, more basic one: Why should taxpayers in Utah County pay for construction of a pipeline (Jordan aqueduct) and a water treatment plant expansion that serves only Salt Lake County? Perhaps they shouldn't. Maybe there is a way to serve everyone for less money and still get more efficient delivery. The mayors are convinced they have such a design - a single pipeline carrying untreated water. But whether or not their proposal is the correct choice, the Bureau of Reclamation should at least be willing to review and revise its own plan, which some credible and people feel is responsible expensive and riddled with problems. ? Bicentennial Party Planned Lehi's Bicentennial Bandwagon Park will be the scene of an band concert, picnic and barbershop quartet festival on Saturday, September 26. The fun will begin at 11 a.m. when the famous Lehi High School Marching Band will perform. The band won first place in the prestigious Utah Davis Cup competition and also has won top honors in the BYU Invitational. Terry Slade is the director. All Lehi citizens are invited to bring blankets, lawn chairs, and picnic lunches for the festivities. Lunch hour will be from 12 noon to 12:30 p.m. The festival is a family affair so reserve the date and plan for the whole family to attend. Barbershop quartet auditions were held in the Lehi North Stake last Sunday evening. Lehi Stake auditions will be held Thursday (tonight) at the Lehi Stake Center at 7 p.m. The four winners from each stake will compete for the trophies at Bandwagon Park Saturday. Arnold Pope and Sarah Price, Cultural Arts Specialists are in charge of arrangements. The four quartets chosen from the North Stake are as follows: Glen Molyneux, George Rasmussen, Robert Smith and Frank Huggard; Glen Smith, Ron Nuttall, Ken Greenwood, and Allen Smith. The woman's quartet named as winner was Sharon Guymore, Barbara Peck, JoAnn Smith and Joan Peterson; and from the 12th Ward the quartet featuring the voices of Dale Hadfield, Carl Hadfield, Charles Porter and Lynn Nielsen. Two alternate groups were chosen. They were Marilyn Walters, Joan Christiansen, Carolyn Olenslager and Millie Snow. The final quartet from Lehi North Stake is Paul Neil, Del Walters, Craig Burrell and Sheldon Worthington. Qualified judges will choose the winning quartets and while they are several reaching their decisions program numbers have Adda splash o1 Autumn color! been arranged by the committee. Children's races will round out a day of fun at Bandwagon Park. 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