Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 2 Newsletter 1983 Winter, 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 the daimond fork power complex with over a thousand mega watts would cost in excess of one billion dollars and create hundreds of jobs for utah county the diamond fork power complex will provide low cost electricity to cities in the county once completed it would also generate enormous revenues which would directly revert i in portion back to the county communities in utah county have subscribed for project culinary water many of the communities in the south end of utah county will face a bleak outlook if this culinary water is not developed through the completion of the central utah project the utah valley water purification plant is presently treating water for the residents of orem this water treatment plant was constructed at the cost of approximately 10 million dollars which creates many economic benefits to orem and provo as well as the creation of many new jobs during its construction st and operation thousands of acres in in utah county are not irrigated at the present time but will be irrigated by project water and many acres of unstable water rights will be firmed up because of project water the continuation and completion of the bonneville unit of the CUP is a vital concern to all people in utah county it concerns their future water supplies the future employment of many of their citizens and their tax base jordan 4 and alpine 3 aqueducts least costly alternative the estimated cost for constructing struc ting the jordan 4 and the alpine 3 water aqueducts have been found to be significantly I 1 less ess than several other suggested alternative ter native means of conveying central utah project water from fl the provo river system to salt lake county water users it was jointly announced today by governor scott matheson and bureau of reclamation upper colorado regional director clifford barrett the jordan 4 and alpine 3 aqueducts would cost an estimated 72 million to complete which is 94 million less than the least costly alternative the precast box culvert which would follow the same alignment as the existing provo canal would cost an estimated 166 million this alternative would be less pleasing visually because the top of the box would project above the ground and interfere with cross drainage the second alternative the low pressure box system would cost 171 million because rt it would be constructed underground it would not have the visual impact and cross drainage problems of the first alternative another alternative precast pipe would cost an estimated 191 million and would h have ave the same hydraulic grade line as the low pressure box culvert alternative variations to the jordan 4 and alpine 3 aqueduct alternatives were also evaluated one which would cost 17 million over the 72 million would allow the con version of the provo reservoir canal to a parkway leaving the canal uncovered but fenced over the past several months mayors of northern utah county have opposed the completion of jordan 4 and alpine 3 aqueducts as planned and wanted the box culvert alternative to be constructed struc ted it was agreed that an engineering and cost analysis would be completed prior to making a decision governor matheson appointed the utah division of water resources headed by dan lawrence and the bureau of reclamation to conduct the technical work in conjunction with the estimates UA 1 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/1295 |
