Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 2 Newsletter 1983 Fall, page 2 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 2 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 will be spent locally for building material freight and labor then direct and individual household income will be increased by some 12 billion dollars tax dollars are returned to utah county through commercial sales construction revenues and power revenues which benefit the entire county A new central utah projects office is being built in provo at a cost of 5 million with salaries remaining in the provo area and the majority of construction and materials being obtained in utah county A bonneville UNIT ECONOMIC IMPACTS UTAH COUNTY the project will supply over 88000 acre feet of water for irrigation each year this water will generate approximately 8 million of additional farm income in the county this increase in farm income will induce another 10 million of economic activity throughout the state the project will also provide approximately 29000 acre feet of water for municipal and industrial uses assuming full utilization of this water approximately 40 million dollars of additional income will be generated in the area using an average state wage of 6720 this will provide approxi CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT bonneville unit water distribution 124000 af UTAH neemenimeseem4031 SALt saly saltlake LAKE 70000 af 2276 22.76 46000 af JUAB elin olin rein 149 14.9 149 6 22800 af DUCHESNE 741 7.41 15300 at MILLARD 498 4.98 498 13600 af WASATCH 442 4.42 442 10800 af SEVIER sevien N 3.51 351 2900 af SUMMIT 194 1.94 2100 af SANPETE 168 1.68 PI UTE 103 1.03 100 loo af mately 6000 new jobs in the county construction of the facilities in the county will create approximately 295 29.5 295 million in wages over the construction period in the process of operating and maintaining these facilities a number of new jobs will be created also the benefits from enhancing the quality of life from water oriented sports and recreation is well established and becoming increasingly important with the additional leisure time available as the work week becomes shorter every estimate of the recreational visitor days of a potential reservoir falls way short of what actually develops economic effects in the adjacent area will be realized from the purchase of gasoline picnic supplies fishing tackle etc and in the larger trade centers the sale of boats motors campers trailers and all the associated materials and supplies BENEFITS bonneville UNIT the justification of the bonneville unit can be expressed in several ways first in physical terms acre feet of water for municipal and industrial uses acre feet of water for irrigation acres of land to receive irrigation water hydroelectric power produced flood damages prevented facilities for recreation and fish and wildlife and improvement in the quality of irrigation and industrial water secondly in terms of social and economic impacts increases in farm and industrial income |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/1283 |
