Show washington N leiws W 9 am 11 I 1 M FROM OUR congressman RESSMAN W K 6 GRANGER cri N GER I 1 POSTWAR reclamation PROJECTS IN UTAH with concern growing daily a over postwar plans you yen may be interest ed ad in knowing of the b blueprints ele prints al a ready mady carro completed Plated on reclamation pro projects ts this inventory has been mad made e for imi irrigation lation and multiple purpose projects for far construction in the postwar period and line has been presented to the special committee on postwar economic policy and planning having im an estimated over 11 all cost cast ot of approximately three bulion bubon dollars dallon some same 18 of these pro pre jecks costing are with in the state of utah fifteen of the culb eighteen n projects panned for utah involve iva the delivery of water to 90 acres acre of new lands and supplemental supplies to acres of ata lands ds not having an adequate water supply while the remaining three are a power and flood control central P projects As the investigations proceed changes may be expected and it is al my hope that additional projects might tie be added for far this state the following 11 1 is a thumbnail thumb nail d de a aslag sr rp of some oree of the utah projects contemplated gooseberry PROJECT the gooseberry project area includes 20 ates acres of agricultural lands now new inadequately irrigated in northern Sari sanpete pete valley in the vicinity of the law towns ot if fa fairview l mt PI ailt and moroni utah A supplemental water supply 1 is to be furnished these lands by d diverting I 1 water from goose geese berry creek a tributary of price river and from huntington creek a tributary of the san juan joan river both 1 in the colorado river drainage basin the waters from these streams are to be calle collected eted by a system of feeder beede carols canals and stored in a reservoir to be constructed at the m mammoth moth site on gooseberry creek A tunnel approximately 2 miles long will III convey the water ter from the reservoir IT to distribution systems on the western side of the divide dide EMERY COUNTY PROJECT the emery county project will provide a supplemental witter water supply to 34 acres of irrigated and arable amble land now served from huntington and cottonwood creeks cracks tributaries tributa ries of so san fafael river nver storage of water Is co contemplated at the joes valley le y reservoir site on od cottonwood creek BLUFF PROJECT tins thes project is located on the san juan river near bluff utah its purpose is pow power production end and flood control next week I 1 will complete the discussion of these proposed projects as they effect utah |