Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 7 Central Utah Project news report, 1970 December, page 7 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 7 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; utah project being sponsored by the district will play a vital role in the state water plan this multiple use project will cost well over 1 billion when fully constructed it has been in various stages of planning authorization and construction for more than 40 years and with construction now underway is becoming a reality this project will benefit more than 70 of utahs population directly and indirectly benefit the state as a whole the central utah project has been divided into 6 separate units and each will fit into the state plan the vernal unit has been completed and is in operation the 325 million bonneville unit is now under construction and receiving increased construction appropriations from the united states congress the upalco and jensen units are ready for construction the uintah unit has been authorized and the ute indian unit is in the process of feasibi feasibility it studies which is a prerequisite to its authorization the ute indian unit could provide a skeleton framework upon which the state plan could eventually be developed the state planners bureau of reclamation central utah water conservancy district and other federal state and local interests are working together cooperatively to determine what the ute indian unit will ultimately be as part of the state water plan WATER SCHEMES SOME WILD SOME NOT SO WILD it is estimated that by 1980 water needs will be 70 billion gallons a day more than in 1970 by 2000 theyll be 240 billion gallons a day more where will we get all the water one of the boldest plans proposed is NAWAPA which stands for north american water and power alliance it would take water now flowing into the north pacific and the bering sea the arctic ocean and hudson bay and divert it southward to serve 7 provinces of canada 35 states of the united states and 3 states of mexico besides irrigating vast areas in the US southwest it would also supply power and connect western canada with the atlantic ocean via the great lakes and the st lawrence seaway and also with the gulf of mexico via the mississippi sis sippi river it is such gigantic tampering with natures plumbing that some experts fear the weight of water traveling south might cause the earth to tilt on its axis on a consiredably more limited but still vast scale is a plan to dam both ends of new yorks long island sound and convert it into the worlds largest freshwater fresh water reservoir it would provide 12 times the amount of water that new york city now uses the dams which would shut the sound off from the ocean and permit its filling with fresh water from rivers would also serve as bridges to connect the island to the mainland the concept of such coastal reservoirs is not new its been done in hong kong holland and has been proposed for such other places as san francisco bay delaware bay and chesapeake bay intriguing possibilities for more water lie in icebergs and glaciers they contain 75 of all the fresh water in the world one proposal is to tow icebergs from antartica antarctica Ant artica to los angeles and provide a supply at lower cost than is now enjoyed by that city from its present sources icebergs could also be towed to and arid anid annd regions of australia and south america ground water is another promising source of supply in the US we have 40 times as much of it as surface water and the cost of obtaining and distributing it is estimated at 25c per thousand gallons as against 13c for treated surface water to get an idea of how much ground water there is florida alone has more ground water than there is surface water in all the great lakes combined rain making and weather control have been proceeding slowly but by 1990 they may really take off that is the date by which many rain making programs now in the planning stages will have been completed and be yielding results from here it doesnt look like a thirsty tomorrow |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/1549 |
