Show Weber Basin Facilities Transferred To District Facilities of the Weber Basin project worth 20 million will willI willbe I transferred for operation be maintenance to the Web Weber r Basin Water Conservancy DIstrict District Dis- Dis on Oct 1 according to Ellis L. L Armstrong Assistant Regional Director of the Bureau Bur Bur- Bureau eau of Reclamation I f MAKING KING WAY for the transfer trans trans- I fer was an amendatory repayment repayment repay repay- ment contract and a power operations operations operations op op- agreement signed FridY Frito Fri- Fri allowing transfer of Wan- Wan to dY siP ip and Gateway r contracts were signed Fri- Fri Sept 20 at Lost Creek pan Dam by Mr Armstrong rep- rep the Bureau and by I Ezra T. T Clark president of the Conservancy District Facilities included in the transfer will be Lost Creek pan jam Wanship Warship Dam Stoddard Version Diversion Dam Gateway Canal and ltd Tunnel and Wanship and Gateway sa 1 of the two is considered unusual in transfers w to 9 water user organizations kt Armstrong jr t. t reported The were constructed to 10 o provide power for pumping punts and for other project TOTAL COST of the Weber Basin laan Project will be approximately million dollars In 1961 the 3 million Weber Aqueduct was taken over by r District and in 1966 the 16 16 trillion ilion Davis Aqueduct was wasso also Iso so transferred THE REMAINING facilities still being operated and maintained main- main tamed by the Bureau of Reda including cation-including Willard Dam Causey Dam and several distribution dis- dis facilities located along to Wasatch will Front be to the District by I one fee J District operation of the two I t we ants necessitated a ret re- re w. wt t tt t va the the he repayment contract contract contract con con- tract between the United States and the District and a special operating agreement providing for power exchanges with the Colorado River Storage Project eel I ASSISTANT Director Armstrong ArmI Armstrong Arm Arm- I strong said that the transfer of facilities for OM purposes to tor toi I i r eater user organizations is 1 normal procedure in the Buru Bureau Bur- Bur u tau of Reclamation Each project is is operated a short period of or time before being turned O er over to make sure that the equipment functions correctly J little Title to the facilities is not noti i transferred b by y these types of transfers he added Weber Reber Basin Project current- current ly provides irrigation service for nearly acres of land In addition treatment plants constructed by the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District will provide feet acre-feet of water annually for municipal and industrial use PROJECT facilities provide additional benefits to the area Flood control is a major contribution contribution contribution contri contri- as a result of the thorough thorough thorough thor thor- ough development of the resources resources resources re re- re- re sources of the Weber and OgI Og- Og I t den Rivers Minimum storage pools are reserved in the large storage reservoirs for game fish Stream flow Clow is regulated below the reservoirs to provide tolerable tolerable tolerable toler toler- able maximum and minimum limits for the enhancement of fishing RECREATION facilities have been constructed on the several reservoirs for boating fishing swimming and camping campin 1 r j jer er i r i- i k Ezra T. T Clark president of the Weber Basin Water Conservancy Conservancy Conservancy Con Con- D District strict and Assistant Regional Director Ellis L. L Armstrong of the Bureau of Reclamation sign contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts covering amended repayment and power plant operations These contracts contracts allow allow the Bureau to transfer 20 million worth of Weber Basin Project facilities to the District for operation and maintenance The signing took place at Lost Creek Dam the most recently completed facility and one of those which will be transferred Actual transfer of facilities will take place on October 1 and all remaining major facilities of the Weber Basin Project will be transferred to the District D. D by June 30 1969 |