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Show CUP Sponsors to Discuss Fate of Northern Utah County Cities The fate of the seven cities of north Utah County will be a topic of discussion tomorrow at the November board meeting of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, sponsor of the Central Utah Project. The meeting should interest local citizens, since District plans for giant aqueducts through northern cities could have a dramatic impact on I future water flexibility. All the cities - Lindon, Pleasant Z Grove, American Fork, Highland, Z Alpine, Cedar Hills and Lehi - have banded together to form the Tim-panogos Tim-panogos Planning and Water Management Agency, an organization whose combined weight officials hope will influence the Water District to modify existing plans. Through its engineer, Lorin Powell, the Timpanogos Agency has officially proposed that CUP water be transported tran-sported through north Utah County in a concrete box culvert to be built in the existing Murdock Canal right of way. Current plans by the federal Bureau of Reclamation, CUP's engineering arm, call for two new pipelines that would slice a separate 120-foot swath through the north end. But after hearing the box culvert alternative, Reclamation officials seem to be reconsidering. In fact, they say, the box culvert is very closf to the original plan they first proposed back in 1905. Even so, any final decision to go with the cities' alternative is in the hands of the Water Conservancy District, which is responsible for repayment of costs. The Timpanogos Agency is on the agenda for the 1:30 p.m. board meeting -- to be held tomorrow, November 20, at District offices, 355 West 1300 South, Orem. Earlier committee meetings will also be held tomorrow to discuss topics including Senate appropriations and budget cuts, review of water right applications ap-plications and future involvement in state legislative activities. A complete agenda for the 1:30 board meeting is published in this paper under Pleasant Grove legal notices (please turn to page B-3). Times for committee meetings can be obtained through the District. |