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Show Central Utah Project Becoming Reality Pag units located in the Uinta Basin. The Bonneville Unit, costing Creek, alsoin the Uintah Basin; has been completed and storage more than $324 million, includes Jordanelle in Upper Heber of water has begun in Starvation seven new reservoirs and the Valley by Hailstone, and Syar, Reservoir. The dam was topped enlargement of two existing Sixth Water and Hayes, all in out to a height of 155 feet in August and storage started reservoirs (Strawberry and Diamond Fork Mona); two majordikes on Utah The Ute Indian Unit is November 10. More than 60,000 Lake, more than 140 miles of primarily an expansion of the acre-feet of water is now collected in the reservoir and the aqueducts, tupnels, and canals; Bonneville Unit and is notyetoff three powerplants in Diamond the planning boards. Cost of the water near the damis over 100 and are now awaiting con- Fork Canyon; and several immense Central Utah Project feet deep. The reservoir, which struction funds. pumping plants, The unit will is estimated to be in excess of holds 167,000 acre-feet, is already morethan one-thirdfull. develop about 305,000 acre-feet onebillion dollars. Bonneville Unit Diversion Action Significant Year Construction of the Bonneville of water each year. This is Knight Diversion Dam and Unit was begun in 1987, It wil! enough water to ‘add about 34 Thepast year has seen several significant developments in the Starvation Feeder Conduit, that develop water in both the feet of depth to Utah Lake. The seven new reservoirs were completed in 1968, have Central Utah Project, explained Bonneville, and Uinta Basins and will import water to the include Starvation (now com- Palmer B. DeLong, project been diverting winter flows of sne River into the Starrapidly expanding Wasatch pleted) in the Uintah Basin; manager for the Bureau of Upper Stillwater and Currant Reclamation. Starvation Dam vationieee Front The Central Utah Project, for years just a talked-about dream, is now rapidly Lecoming a Vernal Unit Finished The Vernal Unitis completed. reality, Planning of such a It provides a full irrigation project was begunby local water supply to lands in Ashley Valley users and engineers over 50 that in the past suffered nearly years ago. The need has long every year from lack of water. The Jensen, Upalco, and been recognized for imported water into Central Utah to Uintah Units have been planned supplement the existing sup- plies. Utah's future growth and development depends largely upon the water available. While on the drawing boards, the Central Utah Project was divided into six separate units. Four of these, the Vernal, Jensen, Upalco, and Uintah Units are small independent fh SALTLAKE tie ORDANELLE £ RESERVOIR Vs s{* Ken SS) \"Se/ GOSHEN BAY DIKE PROVO BAY > OIKE ae “yy aS 7 i ae HAYES STraweeRny ee - ee ee eae ~ R'" STARVATION RESERVOIR STRAWBERRY RESERVOIR N. ENLARGED MONA RESERVOIR IL T Ve LEGEND emen= PIPELINE OR TUNNEL wee LARGE CANAL Se3) LAND BENEFITTED BY PROJECT IRRIGATION CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT BONNEVILLE UNIT BONNEVILLE UNIT, largestof the four Central Utah ee units approved for construction, is shown in this Bureau of Reclamation map. Already completed is the Starvation complexatthe right of the map,including the Starvation Reservoir, Knight Diversion Dam,a bridgeacross the reservoir as a relocation for U. S. 40, and the Starvation feeder Aorrer conduit which brings Duchesne River water into Starvation Reservoir. Work is scheduled to begin this year on Soldier Creek dam whichwill enlarge Strawberry Reservoir, Currant Creek Reservoir, a portion of the Strawberry Aqueduct tunnel totaling 12.4 miles (the entire aqueduct will be 38 miles long), relocation of U. S$. 40 around Strawberry Reservoir, and the Jordan Aqueduct, upperleft on map, which will take water out of CR RES Provo River (on an exchangebasis) into Salt Lake \ Valley. Finishofthe entire project is many years in the future, and its speed of completion depends on the rate of appropriations from Congress. Geneva Rock © All Aggregates Washed WHOLESALE — RETAIL Federal graded quality meat for hotels and © Any Specification © Any Quantity © Chemical Additives Available restaurants, ot privete individuals. © Calcium » Springville Airport Road tunnel will now be lined with concrete. Its finished ng ee Processed by Chloride LES HARDY AND SONS © Hot Water 489-6361 1565 W. 400 N. OREM 225-1012 asant Grove ; S : WASATCH AQUEDUCT Junction O} 16 months, The13-foot<liameter of the 37-mile-long Strawberry ENLARGED SPANISH RES. ees Pen the longest bridgein h over water. This eplaces a bridge working underground for about ” sitey \ ate has been completed andi cludes 785-3533 ASPHALT reservoir basin. Utah Sunday, April 12, 1970 Rieer watethatwill be diverted through the Provo Reservoir Canal to the Point-of-theMountain. Fromthere it will flow in the Jordan Aqueduct to beconstructed on the westsideot Salt Lake County, Work is scheduled to begin next year on thefirst section of the Jordan Aqueduct. Jensen Unit Also included in the President's budget was $500,000 to begin constructon of the $11.4 million Jensen Unit, This is one Constructionisplannedtobegin of the three new reclamation ‘on the next three tunnels and on Currant Creek Dam along the Strawberry Aqueduct. Layout, starts in the U.S. scheduled for next year. Tyzack Dam and Reservoir, the major features of Currant, and Vat Tunnels will the unit, will be located on Brush have 2 combined length of 12.4 Creek about 10 miles North of miles. Currant Creek Reservoir will fluctuate less than four feet Vernal, The reservoir will have of 26,009 acre-feet. and coulc becomeone of Utah's a capacityBOR Project more popular fishing holes. UseOutlined Bonneville Unit water will be Central Utah Project was plaannedandis being huilt by the It will used for municipal and in- Bureau of Reclama.on, by the Central 80-ton mechanical mole drilled dustrial purposes in Utah and be sponsored Water Conservancy the 4.1-mile-lony tunnel after Salt Lake Counties. It is an Utah KNIGHT ZDIVERSION oF 1 a A new 6%: mile section of Highway 40 west of Duchesne Tunnel has been completed. An a DIAMOND FORK ” POWER SYSTEM \ ? \< Provo Ynae %, Longes: Bridge bridge. Drilling of the Water Hollow \« UPPER STILLWATER RESERVOIR , > 4 Seems, built on Strawberry River about Starvation Reservoir west of the seven miles downstream from dam for the convenience of the existing dam. Bids are boaters and fishermen, The tentatively schec‘uledtebe let in reservoir is to be stocked this Septemberfor constructon of the dam g Strawberry Reservoir will g during the 1971 nd picnicking thenbe increased to 870,000 acrefacilities will be provided near feet or about three times its thereservoir. The new reservoir present capacity. The water near Duch will provide levelwill be raised about50 feet many hours of enjoyable Highway 40 northeast of © Utahresidents and Strawberry Reservoir will be relocated above the enlarged visiting sportsmen. and @ secton of road that is inundated by Starvation Reservoir, Waterof the resevoir can now be seen under the new STRAWBERRY AQUEDUCT JORDAN agueouct : Vs Aboat rampis being built on THE SUNDAY HERALD, Prove Aqueduct to be constructed. It will divert water into Strawburry Resevoir which will ticipated that municipal water will be needed in Salt Lake County by 1972. Project water will be exchanged for Provo DRUNK DRIVING TOLL District The CUP will provide Utahthe opportunity to use most of her allotted share of the Col River water. It is also the most feasible means known of supplying additional water in sufficiently large amounts to RENO, Nev. (UPI)—More an half the fatal accidents satisfy the increasing demands of ‘hat accounted for more than the Wasatch Front, be enlarged. 56,000 highway deaths last year IncreaseIncluded A substantial increase in appropriations for the Central UtaProject was ccntained in according to a national insurance executive. involved drinking drivers—or 4 per cent of all NewSilver motorists, Louis W. Niggeman, president Discovery Announced of Fireman's Fund American nextfiscal year. If approved by Insurance Companies, said Congress,the budgetwill permit more than 90 per cent of all OGDEN (UPI)—Asilver disan ambitious construction traffic casualties in 1969 were covery in the Hamilton Minprogram for the ccming year. in accidents involving known ing District of Nevada was reSoldier Creek Dam will be driver violations and that 6 per ported Thursday by the New cent of the drivers caused half Products Corp. President i, Robertson ‘The Caribbean nations import of the accidents. More than half more than one-third of U.S. the accidents that resulted in wrote stockhoiders that several were caused by bundre’ thousand tons of comexports of beer and other malt fatalities motorists under the influence of merciai silver ore are within beverages. alcohol, he said. the area of test drilling. President Nixon's budgetfor the |