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Show Sunday, February 29, Central Utah Project 1976, THE HERALD, Provo, 19C Utah-P- age ms?-"- ' Lists Fund Priorities The Central Utah Project has received $30 million for the six units of the project for fiscal year 1977, according to Clyde Ritchie, president of the Central Utah Water (CUP) Conservancy District (CUWCD) coordinating agency for CUP. He said funding includes $20.3 million for the Bonneville Unit with most of these funds designated for the Strawberry and its water Aqueduct collection system. for This would provide continued construction of Rock Creek Road, Currant Creek Dam arid pipeline, Vat Tunnel and Stillwater Tunnel, he said, adding funds include activities on other project features: A key program, according to Mr. Ritchie, is continued investigation of the the Leland development Bench are in Duchesne County. bench is an Indian The area and will agricultural replace lands deferred by the Indians for the Bonneville Unit. This will benefit the Ute Indian tribe, Mr. Ritchie said. Currant Creek Reservoir, now 60 percent completed, will of provide an open water connection between Vat Tunnel and the completed pipeline. The reservoir will collect water from Currant Creek and five of its smaller tributaries. It will serve as a regulatory reservoir for the aqueduct and within the is entirely boundaries of the Uintah National Forest, Mr. Ritchie reported. He added Current Creek will a major recreation which the U.S. Forest become site, Service will superintend. He said the mechanical mole for the 7.4 mile Vat Tunnel will begin operation this summer. This tunnel will reach from Currant Creek Red through Creek Mountain to the West Fork of the Duchesne River, Mr. Ritchie said. Funds will permit the Stillwater Tunnel of the Strawberry Aqueduct before August, he said. The tunnel will deliver Rock Creek water from Upper Stillwater Reservoir towards the enlarged Strawberry Reservoir. The $6.3 million planned for the Jensen Unit of CUP will Mr. construction, expedite Ritchie stated. These funds will permit continued construction of Tyzack Dam, which is the major project of the Jensen Unit. The dam will be located on Big Brush Creek about three contracting miles downstream from State Highway 44. It will have a capacity of 26,000 acre feet and is expected to regulate winter surpluses and spring flows and to make water available to meet industrial, municipal and irrigation uses in Duchesne County. f unding includes advanced planning on the Uintah and Upalco Unit, with $860,000 set for the Uintah Unit and $800,000 for the Upalco Unit, Mr. Titchie said. The Unitah Unit will provide irrigation water for the Ute Indian Tribe and permit the development of some new land. The Upalco Unit will serve the same purpose for Moon Lake Water Users Association in Duchesne County. An additional $653,000 will be used to continue a feasibility study for the Ute Indian Unit. This investigation is secheduled to be completed by 1978, Mr. Ritchie said. The fiscal includes 1977 $1.9 A MECHANICAL MOLE such as the one above will be used in the Central Utah Project for drilling the various tunnels needed to deliver water into Central Utah. budget also million for and fish- and recreational wildlife improvemtnts for Utah. A large portion of these funds will be used in construction of recreational areas in conjunction with CUP, Mr. Ritchie said. n (Photos U.S. courtesy Bureau of Reclamation.) mm strong OUR FLOORING DEPT. IS READY TO SERVE YOU . . . 7.,. ( If . II rM'P Hrr:R I WATCH FOR OUR NEW ARMSTRONG MERCHANDISING CENTER wii! become Reservoir a principal recreational site supervised by the U.S. Forest Service, CURRENT CREEK water for the CUP will move through this massive line into the Vat Tunnel for eventual empoundment behind Soldier Creek Dam. Current Creek THE FLOOR FASHION CENTER RETAILER OF THE YEAR jiZ&S -- 1 ... 3?k- pre.ented Armstrong Flooring recently Floor Fc.h.on the with Tregea'dle'. award Center Retailer of the year think or When yoo District) (Denver s. . . . think Tregeagie buying Flooring I AN ARTIST'S CONCEPT of Tyzack Dam on the Jensen Unit of CUP is shown above, The dam will IT,. store irrigation, culinary and industrial water for Duchesne County. Rio Blanco Country SOLARIAtl . .. . HUE PRINTING . . m ' Trill mi Mill J8" S I I has always demanded fine craftsmen even over a hundred years ago when the gentlemen above was doing his job. We're particularly proud of the craftsmen on our staff and the modern printing equipment we have to do your work. Bring us your printing needs, and let us show you the best in printing from simple and elegant invitations to 175 T&j Iff l I Colonial Classic thfi Pnrl nf wating & stripping! Cobble Square DESIGNER S0LARI AN ?10" i 1 any 8 complicated business form you might need. We've been doing fine printing for Utah County since 1932. O RIDGE crnp lAfAifirif. i I lu I iinstto t!ii pR!!T,G S.200W.-rROV374-078- 2 O & E,GRAV,G o |
