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Show ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF mented by a supply from the upper Duchesne watershed. " Project No. 4 b- The operation of this project is based on the use of stored water direct, no exchanges, the supply to be obtained from the Provo River and Weber River watersheds with storage in the proposed Deer Creek reservoir located on the Provo River southerly from the town of Charleston. Further supply may be added, as in Project No. 4 a, by making available the runoff from the upper Duchesne and also by means of any storage capacity obtained in the Echo reservoir. A conduit, with necessary tunnels and siphons, is to be constructed from Deer Creek reservoir to the mouth of Provo canyon, thence northerly along the east bench to Big Cottonwood Canyon. Project No. 5- Water to be obtained from East Canyon watershed through exchange for water from Chalk Creek in excess of demands for irrigation, power and Echo storage, supplemented by any right to storage capacity in Echo, obtained. R. E. Redden WATER DEVELOPMENT 21 L. Clyde Anderson 36. Harry C. Jessen, former City Engineer and Chairman of the 1929 Water Advisory Board, which recommended a broad and carefully planned development of " local" and " outside" water sources over a long period of time. 37. ( Below) The Weber River, flowing over the Weber- Provo diversion dam above Kamas. This river is one of the most important water sources of northern Utah. |
