Show Moroni Moron Project Moves Modes Ahead by EARL J. J TUTTLE The Moroni Irrigation Company Company Company Com Com- pany is off ort to a good start In Installing installing In- In stalling planned Improvements of their irrigation system to cost an estimated Improvements Improvements Im Im- were badly needed on the diversion out out of Spring Creek into the Spring Ditch and that part of canal lining on the Spring Ditch from the diversion to the Old Mill Last spring the diversion was constructed and feet of 30 inch concrete pipe installed and this fall 2600 feet of concrete lining has just been complete When the North Sanpete Watershed project was proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed the Irrigation Company came up with a plan for Improvements im improvements improvements Im- Im on the whole tem The watershed project never received approval In 1968 the Irrigation Company decided It could wait no longer to make at least some of the planned improvements After discussing w which h I c h projects should be completed first the company decided to go ahead with the entire planned system system system tem Improvements The company under the leadership leadership leadership lead lead- of President Leo Morley contacted the Sanpete County Soil Conservation District for help on engineering and cost estimates The district assigned assign assign- ed a high priority to the project project project pro pro- and assigned Soil SOU Conser Conser- Service personnel to the job In the summer of 1968 a pre preliminary survey was made of the entire irrigation system personnel worked out a preliminary engineering report and cost estimate With this information the company made mad application to the of Water Resources for a loan to assist the company to make the planned Improvements The Water Resource people then made a feasibility study and found the project had a favorable favorable favorable favor favor- able cost benefit ratio Detailed construction plans were prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared by the and a loan of was approved for the company Early in 1969 the Sanpete County and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committeemen Committeemen Commit Commit- met and set a high priority for cost share funds on the first phase of the system improvement The planned Improvements for the over all system called for linear feet of concrete concrete concrete con con- crete ditch and canal lining feet of concrete pipe of various sizes from 10 inch to 30 Inch diameter feet of metal pipe of varIous various various var var- ious sizes from 12 Inch to 72 inch diameter cubic yards of concrete in formed reinforced re reInforced reinforced re- re concrete structures plus D necessary metal gates and measuring devices It is planned to complete the entire project in four phases over a four year period Progress Progress Progress Pro Pro- gress will depend to some de degree degree degree de- de gree on the availability of cost share funds According to Bishop Jim Nielson project manager this phase of the overall overall overall over over- all project completed this year will twill be a big help because this segment of the system gave us a lot of trouble and wasted a lot of water |