Show Pleasant Valley Project Dream Come For several weeks farmers the Pleasant Valley area have J been joyfully watching a new extension to their canal system in a dream of long stand-ing that has come true after many years of planning and said Marion president of the Uintah Basin I Irrigation when the first stream of water was diverted through the cut through a mountain of The newly completed project that was started last fall will bring better irrigation to Pleas- ant one of the new and leading areas in the state where 1 certified alfalfa seed is The entire area is J 1 by the Pleasant Valley The project was contracted to H. J. Wimmer Construction and was finished 2 months ahead of Water was turned into the canal several weeks and the farmers in that area have been enjoying the additional service from the new Financial assistance was obtained from the Utah Water and Power The sum of was According to rii addition to the canal flood control and lateral canals were constructed as a part of the Gave Technical Help Considerable technical aid and advice were furnished by B. O. area member of the Utah Water and Power aid was also received from the board with Jack Nielsen of Roosevelt as The which begins about three miles southeast of Myton was designed to eliminate 3 miles of hazardous canal which was expensive to One especially hazardous is known as Wells a deep arroyo which in past years has caused extensive loss of water through canal Crops were also lost each time this flume washed Foot Cut One cut along this known as the by those who worked on is feet yards of material were removed to make this which feet wide at the top and 49 feet deep in one Earlier plans called for a tunnel here but the quality of the material was such that a tunnel was not It is reputed to the biggest cut in the state made for irrigation The new canal will be 44 feet higher in elevation at the south end than the old canal will bring an additional acres under This will make a total of approximately to be irrigated with water from this an increase of ap- proximately seventeen Lost G of Water During tests made last summer it was found that a 6 per cent loss in water in the 3 mile stretch of old It is anticipated that the new construction will eliminate much of this facilities that are in there now it would take only about four more miles of canal to open a huge block of first class farming Ross The land is farther south of Pleasant The first water is already going through the canal to reach new ground which has been in the process of preparation for this year's |