Show Uintah committee favors entry into Central Utah Project Seven-county conservancy district Express July The Central Utah Project study composed of representatives of 19 local Tuesday came out in favor of Uintah County joining the proposed Seven-County Conservancy The study committee was formed to investigate the possible effects on local water supplies if the county joined the new Royal B. Committee made the Tuesday at Vernal Chamber of Commerce He pointed out that a great amount of time and study had been given to the proposal and said that there may be problems that will have to be worked Mr Henderson said that Uintah County would be in a state for representation unless it joined the conservancy at the He said he felt that the county would have to join the district sooner or later and it would be preferable to join in the He reported that there be 17 directors whether six or seven counties joined There is a of 21 directors that would be made up from four additional counties which will join Henderson said it was to him that the county would be in the best position if it got in on early development and had the three members on the In a written Henderson Uintah Water Conservancy District has been assured by the Bureau of Reclamation and by the drafting committee for the Seven-County Water Conservancy that included in the petition for formation of this new District would be a provision protecting against a double taxation for the Central Utah Project on property now included in Uintah Water Conservancy Property owners in the local conservancy district currently Pay one Tn ill toward the district's They would not be required to pay another mill when the county joins the larg-ler |