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Show Advance Planning Preparation of design and cost estimates for features of the Upalco Unit are to be completed in early fiscal year 1967. The plan of development for the Upalco Unit as now proposed includes the Taskeech Reservoir of 78,500-acre-foot capacity on Lake Fork below Moon Lake Reservoir; an 8-mile, 250-second-foot feeder canal from Yellowstone Creek; a 3.6-mile, 50-second-foot service canal to provide storage releases for the Yellowstone Feeder Canal heading on Yellowstone Creek; stabilization of 14 upstream reservoirs; and the rehabilitation of existing irrigation canals. About 16,000 acre-feet of project water will be supplied to 27,500 acres of non-Indian land and 15,070 acres of Indian lands. Advance planning studies on the Jensen Unit, consisting of land classification, water supply studies, and plan formulation studies are continuing. In the Jensen area studies are being made on the possibilities for pumping water from Green River and for storage on Brush Creek to serve project lands directly and by exchange. An expanded plan to serve additional land areas and to provide municipal and industrial water for Jensen and Ashley Valley areas is being considered. Definite plan reports on the Upalco and Jensen Units are scheduled for completion in fiscal years 1967 and 1968, respectively. b. Emery County Emery County Project provides supplemental water for 18,004 acres of land and a full supply for 771 acres in Emery County in east-central Utah near the towns of Huntington, Castle Dale, and Orangeville. Principal components of the project include Joes Valley Dam and Reservoir on Cottonwood Creek with a storage capacity of 62,500 acre-feet, the Swasey Diversion Dam located about 10 miles downstream from Joes Valley, the 16-mile Cottonwood-Huntington Canal heading at Swasey Diversion Dam, the Huntington North Dam and Reservoir with a capacity of 5,420 acre-feet, and the 3^-mile Huntington North Service Canal. Laterals and drains will be constructed as required. Recreation facilities are provided at the project storage sites. Construction Activities The Emery County Project was essentially completed in June 1966. On July 7, 1966, Commissioner of Reclamation Floyd E. Dominy dedicated the project when he opened the gates at the Swasey Diversion Dam to turn the first irrigation water onto project 105 |