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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3 Newsletter 1983 Fall, page 3 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3 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; CUWCD newsletter central utah water conservancy district N J 40 in the early 1900s many residents of the central utah and uinta basin areas who werevision ary in water resource development began to dream of a project that would store and put to beneficial use the large quantities of unused water that originated in the uinta mountains they realized that the time would come when the high runoff would have to be controlled and placed to beneficial use for the citizens of utah this early dream is now rapidly becoming a reality in april 1956 congress authorized the initial phase of the central utah project as a participating project in the colorado river storage project act this made possible the construction of the multiple purpose central utah project by the US bureau of reclamation although the bureau of reclamation was authorized to build the project and many groups and individuals had worked hard for it an official sponsoring agency to represent the citizens of the project area had to be established on march 2 1964 such an agency was organized according to utah law and designated the central utah water conservancy district the district originally included in its boundaries all of salt lake utah duchesne uintah and wasatch counties and parts of juab and summit counties however in may 1967 the boundaries were changed to include all of millard sevier and plute counties and parts of sanpete and garfield counties all the remainder of sanpete county was subsequently included in 1969 the district presently includes more than 65 percent of the assessed valuation of the state of utah and more than 65 percent of utahs population within its boundaries the primary purposes of the district are to sponsor the construction st of various units of the central utah project repay to the federal treasury the reimbursable costs of construction of the project market the water available from the project operate and maintain project facilities and to develop and operate its own facilities to the extent necessary to deliver water for municipal industrial and agricultural uses the district is governed by a board of directors comprised of 19 individuals the representation is balanced between areas of water origin and areas of use and rural versus urban areas in the 19 years since its creation the district has accomplished much in 1965 it executed a repayment contract with the federal govern ment which enabled construction to begin on the massive bonneville unit of the central utah project which is now nearing the 20 percent completion mark in 1981 it executed the repayment contract with the federal government to enable construction to begin on the upalco unit in the uinta basin the district has pursued the completion of planning of the other authorized units in an effort to get construction started and has made a significant effort toward protecting utahs remaining undeveloped portion of the colorado R river biver iver lver most of the water developed by the central utah project is supplemental to existing municipal and irrigation supplies the central utah project provides the collection and longterm long term storage for water and some delivery facilities but it is the districts responsibility to market the water to cities other districts and irrigation companies in the case of municipal water it has completed construction of and has in operation three water treatment plants which purify water to meet safe drinking water standards for human consumption these three plants are 1 the jordan plant located at bluffdale Bluff dale in salt lake county 2 the utah valley plant in orem and 3 the duchesne valley plant located at starvation reservoir these three plants have a combined capacity of 106 mgd mad and were constructed struc ted at a cost of approximately 30 million A fourth plant is being designed to treat water provided by the vernal and jensen units of the central utah project for delivery to the citizens of ashley valley its initial capacity will be 15 mgd mad and it should be delivering water by late 1985 although the central utah project and the district operations are primarily for water development considerable flood control benefits were provided during the 1983 continued |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/1282 |
