Show 1120 Funds Sought Senator Wallace F F. Bennett Tuesday asked President Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son to budget 10 million during during during dur dur- ing the coming year to start construction of lof the million mil lion Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Reclamation Project Senator Bennett said that f- f N. N 1 IA 1 A fn dill n v u start construction of the following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing projects in order of priority 1 The Starvation Dam to assure assure as as- sure the people of Duchesne and Uintah Counties of an adequate adequate adequate ade ade- quate supply of water so that other water can be diverted from the Uintah Basin into the Bonneville Basin 2 Start work on the backbone backbone backbone back back- bone tunnel through the Wasatch Wasatch Wasatch Was- Was atch Mountains to divert water water wa wa- ter into central Utah as well as to Utah and Salt Lake Counties Included in this work would be the enlargement enlargement enlarge enlarge- ment of Strawberry Reservoir It It will take eight years to complete the tunnel so work must be started immediately Senator Bennett said 3 Build the Jordanelle Damand Dam Damand Damand and Reservoir to insure a full water supply in the Heber area and p part rt of Summit County 4 Complete the planning and engineering so that early work can be started on the Wa Wasatch atch Aqueduct and the of Utah Lake at Goshen Bay and Provo Bay With respect to the priority for or these works Senator Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett said Presumably the Bureau of Reclamation and conservancy districts in iri cooperation cooperation cooperation coop coop- with state and local officials can arrange a satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory priority schedule of these and other important segments segments segments seg seg- ments of the Bonneville Unit such as the Mona Current Creek and Hayes Dams Senator Bennett called attention at at- attention t ta to the serious drought in the entire area to be served by the Bonneville Unit and said Water from the project will not only furnish water to Duchesne and Uintah Counties Counties Coun Coun- ties in the Uintah Basin but it will also furnish a great new source of supply to Utah Wasatch Salt Lake part of Summit Juab and Sanpete Counties in its initial phase Ultimately water may be supplied as far south as Garfield Garfield Gar Gar- field County including such intervening Counties as Sevier Sevier Se Se- vier Millard and Piute |