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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3 Central Utah Project news report, 1967 March, 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; on key works of the unit it also sets the stage for accelerating construction on other works to meet the goal of completion of all works of the unit within 16 years to achieve the fund breakthrough central utah water conservancy district officials worked closel closely y with the governor state water officials utahs congressional delegation the upper colorado river commission water user organizations and many others upon receiving word as to the funds available for fiscal 1967 the bureau of reclamation immediately diatel y called for bids see adjacent story and announced it would move ahead with construction as rapidly as possible the action ended more than two years of frustrating delays in getting funds committed to construction by the US bureau of reclamation even after favorable action on appropriations by congress however continued action and unity will be necessary to obtain funds in the future appropriations of 25 to 30 million annually will be required if construction is to continue at the most progressive and economical rate the central utah water conservancy district is requesting a minimum appropriation of 25 million for fiscal year 1969 this request is unanimously mousl mojsl y supported by the 37th utah legislature which by joint resolution requested the federal government among other things to accelerate action on the central utah project with the 25 million appropriation for fiscal year 1969 the governor of utah concurred in the resolution PLANNING FUNDS in addition to construction funds for the bonneville unit 280000 was included in the apportionment of 1967 funds for advance planning on the jensen and upalco units and 469 000 for continued feasibility investigation on the uintah and ute indian units these units are also vital units of the central utah project and equal action and efforts must be maintained in keeping funds available to keep these units moving forward jete heyy jeyy r 1 1 bf h trt1 j V aen etc ask y pnstruction instruction STARTS SOON starvation arvation ar vation complex is key segment athe jthe uthe he starvation complex which gets off the launching i ching pad this spring includes starvation dam 1 and reservoir knight diversion dam and ir vation feeder conduit irhe ithe e complex was planned for construction by nbureau bureau of reclamation as a multipurpose dmn pmn C water stored in starvation reservoir will streleased ST leased released as needed to supplement local irrigation eion elon supplies in the duchesne river area and to deplace keplace lace water presently used in that area which evill I 1 be diverted to the bonneville basin additional dditional additional benefits realized at starvation ireservoir 6rvoir will include those for outdoor recrea reccea n fish and wildlife conservation and flood ontrol ontrop ol 01 E arvation yarvation aar yar ar vation reservoir the first major feature ehe e bonneville unit on which construction will n is to be formed by a dam on the straw ahry hry dry sry river about 3 miles upstream from Duh buh duhesne duehesne besne hesne esne utah the reservoir about 34 miles downstream nstream astream from the potential strawberry res ir r enlarg enlarge enlargement ment will store inflows to straw bern bery fern river between the two reservoirs however alti hili greater part of the storable supply will be srqrted arted rted from the duchesne river at the knight emersion erslon dam and conveyed to the starvation reservoir qrvoir through the starvation feeder conduit bijwvation qrvation dam is designed as a rolled earth ntructure structure with a height of 155 feet above treambed tream bed e its crest is to be 2920 feet long and |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/1541 |
