Show Colorado River Basin Report Lists Possible Development Projects for Southern Utah I Four potential projects Fremont Fremont Fre Fre- mont mont TOlfe Torrey Escalante and Glen I Canyon Canyon are are set forth in the re recently recently recently re- re released Colorado River Basin report as possibilities for development of southern Utah water resources according to E. E O. O Larsen region 4 district of the Bureau of Reclamation Costing an estimated the projects would serve five important purposes irrigation power production flood control silt retention and holdover storage for river reg reg- With five potential reservoirs reservoirs res res- two serving the tho Fremont project they would Involve e a total storage capacity of acre aero feet The Fremont remont Torrey and Escalante Escalante Escalante Es Es- calante projects all serving land landin in Utah are primarily irrigation projects designed to bring 4 acres of oC new land under cultivation cultivation cult cult- and furnish a full water supply to acres now In Inadequately Inadequately inadequately In- In adequately irrigated The Glen Canyon project only one of the group with a power power potential and not primarily designed designed designed de de- de- de signed for irrigation benefits would produce an estimated 2 2 kilowatt-hours kilowatt of firm power annually Commissioner of or Reclamation Michael l W. W Straus has emphasized ed that there is not sufficient water to justify construction of all projects described In th the basin has stressed that the states must make a selection se selection selection se- se lection of the project Hies listed In the report He has urged the various Colorado River River Riv Riv- er Basin states to expedite division division division divi divi- sion of or water under the Colorado River Compact which allocates acre feet annually to the upper basin states and a like amount to the tho lower basin states With the Idea that sub alloca ma may be made before each state receives its allocation of the tho entire available supply agreed upon selection of those projects which will assuredly fall within each states state's probable share of Colorado River water is sug sug- As outlined in the Basin report re- re port prepared after acter several years survey the Fremont project project pro pro- at an estimated cost of or could impound storage storage storage stor stor- age water in a foot acre-foot reservoir and in a 2000 acre- acre foot foot reservoir on Road creek creele a tributary of Fremont river near Loa The water could then be released released released re re- re- re leased as needed for supplemental supplement supplement- al irrigation of acres and full irrigation of 1000 acres Inthe in inthe the tho vicinity of or Fremont Loa Lyman and BIcknell Torrey projects costing an estimated could store 2000 acre feet of water at the Torrey site on the Fremont n river riv riY- ver v- v er and could by exchange furnish furn furn- furnish ish supplemental water to 1200 1200 1 acres in the tho vicinity of Tor Tor- rey The rhe reservoir water could be released to downstream lands in exchange for increased upstream upstream upstream up up- stream diversions to 0 the e existing existing exist exist- ing Torrey canal Escalante project at an estimated estimated est cst cost of could impound acre feet of storage storage storage stor stor- age capacity acre feet active capacity on Escalante river near Escalante With a feeder canal to the reservoir from Pine creek and an outlet canal cut through a natural embankment embankment em em- on the south side of th the reservoir a full irrigation supply could be furnished acres southeast of the tho town For the Glen Canyon project costing an estimated a dam could be constructed construct construct- ed at the Glen Canyon site four AllIes ailles up the Colorado river from Lees Lee's Ferry Arizona The reservoir reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir would have a capacity of acre e feet with acre feet active yield Only ten miles from rom highway U. U 8 3 89 this lal lake e would have unusual unusual unusual unus unus- ual recreational possibilities The reservoir would also be useful for silt retention holdover storage storage storage stor stor- age and flood control A fifth firth project in the area the Muddy Creek Diversion project project pro pro- also Is listed In the report and Is suggested as a possibility for exporting surplus sUrIlus flows of Muddy creek to the tho Bonneville basin basic because of lack of storage sites on that stream |