Show All Kamas Valley Valdes Celebrates New Dam KAMAS KAMAS- The Tie new Little Deer Creek Dam DamSa to Sa rising steadily towards Its maximum 86 66 feet under the impetus im- im petus letus of heavy equipment equip m went ment nt t Result of Project When the project Ls finished the resulting r reservoir will be ibe feet et long ong and i ill provide supplemental water for 2960 acres in Summit County served nerved by two w irrigation corny com panics 1 n 4 Jay R R. Bingham executive dIrector di directory dl dI- rector rectory of tI t the e Utah Water and Power Board said the crest rest length ot of the dam will be feet Beet The rie state slate state agency agency engineered the t. t Mr Bingham said the dam dani will co contain tain cubic yards yards' of earth fill fill Reservoir capacity will willbe b be 1400 acre feet f-et 05 ot o wa water er The dam darn wUI will lack back ack up w water ler t to the head bead of Little Deer Creek Bids Were Let Bids Billa were let on the dam and op opened n d by the Water and Power Board rd last July The low bidder was waa Weyher Construction coti Co of Salt Lake City City which which bid Other c costs have pushed total the to South Kamas and Washington and Irrigation ComI Companies Com- Com I will distribute the water The project represents the culmination culmination cul cul- of or a long iong effort H on o the part rt of the local water water-u water users water users t to secure a supplemental s supply of tt tt water The damsite was found by tile tie late ate Jed tt of Francis Francis' Summit County while he he was hunting bunting deer Ground work for or this project was by T W. W McNeil Chancey M. M McNeil N ll Ralph Gines Gine l lFrank Frank Knight and Frank Turn Turn- bow pree d president of th the South Sou KaWas Kam Kamas KaW- KaW as Irrigation Co at that time Filing was waa first submitted Aug 30 1944 t to th the State Engineer Great Service Duo Due Among those who have rendered render ed great service to this project are Attorney Ed Clyde S Senator Frank E E. E Moss Jay Bingham and Douglas Simpson r y tF 1 h i. i h s t 4 I 7 y r 1 fl v TO Little LittleDeer Deer Creek Dam designed to bring precious water to hundreds of acres in the Kamas Valley is nearing completion in the Great credit was given to Douglas Douglas Doug Doug Doug- las Simpson for his part in the project The Duchesne Tunnel angle threatened to die In Wash WashIngton Washington ington b but t on a recent trip Ip to to the Capitol Doug worried I It iC out into the open and through valuable valuable valuable able connections connections' with the Secretary Secretary Secre- Secre tary of ot the Interior g got t the Job done Heavy snows have halted baited some of ot the construction phases of the dam However the embankment work the 18 inch concrete concrete con con- crete conduit and th the spillway structure have all been completed ed Minor work remains to be done o High The cost project Deseret News photo rod fort the spillway chute Other i items of ot work remaining are aro the placing o of roc rock or on t the e face of the embankment and the installation of f a slide gate which will co control the outI outlet out out- I let t works Tb The dam is being constructed on Forest Se Service property Pert Per ful mission slon was was granted by Special Use Permit for local water users user I to construct the dam The outlet pipe h has s a capa capacity ny of cubic feet per second under full tull reservoir head The spillway capacity is approximately 00 cubic cubic cu cu- bic feet beet per second Approval has been secured from i I the US U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the assistant Secretary of the Interior to use e the the- existing Duchesne Tunnel to o convey the water released from the dam to the Provo River The contract has now now been executed between the Sou South th Kamas and the Washington Irrigation companies the Provo River Water Users User Association and tie the theU U. U S. S Bureau of tion The project has been engineered engineer engineer- ed by the Utah Water and Power I Board which Is paying j I of ot projects costs The County i Agriculture Stabilization Corn Com Com 1 I mI has bas pledged ano another er 18 18 |