Show RESERVOIR PROJECTS UNDER consideration funds will be made available for utah by the present united states congress to begin a program of small reservoir construction in in the state stale according to a stater statement nent of united states senator william 11 king senator king left for washington D C sunday by airplane after conferring with state engi nerr T H humpherys other state officials and sponsors of some of the proposed small reservoir projects he came to salt lake cit city y friday to attend the democratic state convention held saturday the senator expressed the opinion congress would make available funds to begin construction of small reservoirs and would raise the appropriation now budgeted for U S bureau of reclamation la investigations of water projects to the reclamation fund if passed would permit continuation of investigations now in progress on bear price lower weber virgin and san rafael rivers and the colorado river great basin project governor henry 11 blood made a plea recently before a house of representatives subcommittee sub committee on interior department appropriations for a appropriation for the small program this year and expressed hope utah would be able to get that amount annually for the next five years to complete the most essential projects of a number of sites investigated in san juan county the one thought to be the most feasible is called rattlesnake site located on coyote creek this site is included in a preferred list of projects it would cost approximately would store acre lacre feet of water and calls for construction of a dam 50 ft high |