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94 DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH The authorization and construction of the Dixie project, preferably as part of an overall regional development program, would be in the best traditions of the reclamation program. DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH Repayment of reimbursable costs with project operating as an independent development Planning report ( H. Doc. 86, 88th Cong.) 1964 analysis Allocation of construction costs: Reimbursable: $ 31,411,000 7,675, 000 2, 609, 000 $ 30,182,000 6,573,000 2,474,000 Total, reimbursable _____ _ _ __ 41,695,000 39,229,000 Nonreimbursable: 167, 000 2,016,000 745, 000 142, 000 1 1,494,000 1 1,808,000 2,928, 000 3,444,000 44, 623,000. 42, 673,000 Repayment of reimbursable costs: Irrigation: 5,352,000 13,420,000 5,635, 000 2,811,482 437,696 3,754,822 4,465, 000 13,425,000 5,635,000 Irrigation assistance from power revenues _ . 5,648, 000 Irrigation assistance from municipal and industrial water sales __ __ 1,059,000 Surplus power and municipal and industrial reveuncs ( 50,000) Total, irrigation allocation-. __ __ 31,411, 000 30,182,000 Power: 7,675, 000 290, 000 6,573, 000 286,000 TotaL... 2 7,965,000 2 6,859,000 Municipal and industrial water supply: 2,609,000 128,000 2,474,000 132, 000 Total 2 2,737,000 2 2, 606,000 1 Specific costs of fish and wildlife and recreation facilities would total $ 715,000. This amount plus $ 5,570,- 000 of the $ 30,465,000 construction cost for joint facilities would result in a maximum of $ 6,285,000 that could be made nonreimbursable under the procedures in H. R. 9032. In comparison, the amount allocated to the 2 functions would total $ 3,302,000. 2 To be repaid with interest. Mr. DOMINY. I would like to make the first point that in this 24- year period the project has been under review, it has always been considered economically and practically feasible. The only problem has been repayment under reclamation law. Had there been a basin account principle as we have in the Missouri Basin or the Upper Colorado Basin, this project, I am sure, would have been placed in construction long ago. The Dixie project is truly a multiple- purpose project as has been pointed out, here. It has flood control, municipal and industrial water benefits, irrigation, recreation, and fish and wildlife. The existing supply of water, practically all of which is obtained now by direct diversion, is undependable as well as inadequate for the |
