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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 5 Just add water wisely! : how the Central Utah Project Completion Act benefits Utah, page 5 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 5 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; tik ilk yep low sea he proposed irrigation and drainage system will ensure a reliable and consistent water supply to farmers and a agricultural icultural interests throughout the central utah tne ane ke jad j&d iad lad system wi will eli ill eil sur supply ply supplemental pie plem piem me ental ntal antal water t to 0 a approximately roximately proximately PP roxi mately 1 176000 76 66d acres of 1 irrigated m gat e d a agricultural oncu sncu ituraf land in the southern portion 0 of f mah utah county the eastern portion of juab count county y and the sevier river basin the imported CUP water supply will be used to meet crop water deficiencies which often occur in central utah during the mid to late growing season particularly during dry years BENEFITS stificant significant benefits of the iad lad system include more 4 ore efficient use of existing and su supplemental water supplies through improvement in canals ana and 0 on n far farm m water management supplemental water to farmers within southern utah cou county n ty east juab county and the sevier river basin to meet water shortages in dry years improvement of water quality in sevier bridge reservoir and the lower sevier river which would increase crop yields and the quality 0 of environmental resources overall stabilization of the regional agricultural economy through a consistent supply of water enhancement of fisheries and recreation within the sevier river basin reliable municipal and industrial water supplies to communities muni ties within southern utah and juab counties wj 1 bbiabw thin tsik yylf public involvement n va v0 nit nie ne of the most discerni discernible abl ibl abi e dif dlf i ferences ferencek feren ces between the origiria4 onh ori ohn oriemali emali central utah projec project propec t an ana t the he new central utah project completion act is the lat latters tatters batters ters call f for fon 0 1 .1 extensive public involvement N no XT project in the me completion act may be planne planned alanne d or constructed without input of a bro broad aa 1 1 ian ran lan range ge of groups interested ia i7 in n the future of wate water and n d the environment in utah public involve involvement menti menth M is pervasive ion on lon lor all aspects of the project from frum p planning lanning through each phase of construction to post tost vost construction maintenance recreation fisheries sports sportsmen meli mell meil and environ 4 mental groups played a significant role in wor workingl workings bifi kifi kingi kingl with the central utah water conservancy Distri district cG water vater mater agencie agencies argencie s and the utah congressional dew dek delegation atlon in redesigningand redesigning and gaining support for the bup tup CUP C completion 0 in I 1 e tion act this wall pali wali coalition tion will continue t to 0 shape a tk the central utah project and already has provided vly vit i e significant input into how utah water waterm pr projects jects ejects are constructed several planning teams and com committees nil nii ttee& comprised pris ed of acrosssection across a cross section of groups interested in in water and environmental iss issues 11 es have b been ee n formed y to ensureeach ensure each p project roj ect act is planned and coordinated coordinate dv with attention to the concerns of the public groups i involved ny olved alved include irrigation companies sportsmens sportsmen sports mens s a associations s so ciati clatl ciations citations ons municipalities fishand fish and ana wildlife w organizations r anizations animations industry maniif manlif manufacturing a cturing sturing and in mining in org organizations anizations animations environrr environ environmental rr ientalgroups groups wate water peti eti etl boners loners recr decr recreation eation bation interests fisheries gr groups u ti agn agricultural cultural organizations water associations homebuilders ome b agencies the oil industry and state local and federal agencies agencies the CUPCA public inv dinv involvement olvement solvement ol vement pi program bogra rogra 41 includes A an n 0 open P e n honest pa partnership rtners riners h ap qp b between tha the 6 I 1 cnt central e ra I 1 utan utah water co conservancy nservancy district ar and id the e PU public blic alic in the planning and development of water j propec projec projects t s 4 1 intense ntensi 2 early invo iivo involvement lvement lavement to producepublii produce public un understanding ders andingofthecupcompl of the CUP completion etion ebion act p projects rojectg rojec tg H and consensus on their planning and development 4 0 ongoing n going public involvement throu throughout 9 out the p planning anig anrg aneg process ec combining ib ining public information and public input t sochat so1hat so that corn communication milanication milAni cation catlon is ong0i ongoing ng on all alt ail ali hit kit projects oj&ts h maintaining a balance betweewdevelopmon between developmental P and d environm environs environmental atal atai issues in forming pub public iii ill 111 involvement vi 0 ve ment committees public input received is recorded and co considered f for of inte integration r a t i on into the project t dev development e e hit fit fht A strong fi link n k between betwee npu apu public bl ic par yar participation icipa icica and decision n making laking has been established A public involvement plan has beempre been prepared pare dfor adfor for each CUP completion act program and each programs ro grams activities are advertised so interested pa parties rties arties may attend public involv involve involvement e in e sessions ssions sesions each cupcompletion CUP completion act program will have ave a public involvement liaison to an answer s w er public publiiq4 inquiries orto otto or to direct inquiries to the proper person loprovictean provide an ans answer wen wet all public involvement olvemefi1 M V activities are under unden u n dr e I 1 direction ibfjhepublicaffa of the public affairs irs dir6 dira directorfoffthe olg olt fllfib antral jntral 6ralutah utah W water aercoftservah conservancy CY disti bisti district idt lct A |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/986 |
