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Show developments in both basins, The other three units - the Vernal, Upalco, and Jensen - provide for local development in the Uinta Basin. Under the Bonneville Unit the potential Strawberry aqueduct will intercept flows of Uinta Mountain streams as far east as Rock Creek and convey the water to the existing Strawberry Reservoir which will be enlarged by construction of Soldier Creek Dam downstream from the present dam. The stored water will be released through the Wasatch Mountains to the Central Utah area. Through various exchanges and by the construction of new facilities, the water will be made available to an area extending from Salt Lake City about 75 miles south to the city of Nephi. Starvation Reservoir on Strawberry River with a feeder canal from Duchesne River will develop water for use in the Uinta Basin. The Vernal Unit, construction of which is now completed, includes the Steinaker Reservoir offstream from Ashley Creek, with a capacity of 38,200 acre-feet, Fort Thornburgh Diversion Dam, Steinaker Feeder Canal, and Steinaker Service Canal. Construction Activities Preconstruction activities in preparation for construction of the Bonneville Unit are in progress. Designs and specifications for Starvation Dam and Reservoir, Knight Diversion Dam, Starvation Feeder Canal, and Water Hollow Tunnel are being prepared in readiness for award of a construction contract early next spring. Assembly of design data for the high mountain collection works that will convey water into the enlarged Strawberry Reservoir is in progress. Preliminary right-of-way work for the Starvation Dam and Reservoir and Strawberry enlargement is in progress. The Central Utah Water Conservancy District was organized March 2, 1964, in the Fourth Judicial District Court of Utah and a 17-member Board of Directors was appointed by the court. The repayment contract was approved by the Conservancy District, the Secretary of the Interior, and the local people by public vote in December 1965. The contract was then signed on December 28, 1965, and validated on February 17, 1966, in the Fourth Judicial District Court of Utah. A construction office for Bonneville Unit features situated in the Uinta Basin has been established at Duchesne, Utah. 104 |