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Show 122 DIXIE PROJECT^ UTAH portunities for our children, we must have additional water. The Dixie proj ect is essential to the future of our area. We do not come idly here to court your favor; we come here because we have a great need, a project beyond our means. May I present to the committee a publication summarizing the efforts of the State in financing small water conservation projects- I call this to your attention for two purposes: First, to demonstrate that we are making a significant State and local effort to develop our water resources ; second, to give you proof of the integrity of our people and the repayment ability provided by bringing together good land, resourceful people, and water. This folder tabulates pertinent information about State- assisted projects. It shows that to June 30,1962,201 projects, some small and some of substantial size, have been constructed under this program of State assistance. Since that time an additional 27 projects have been assisted under this program. The total cost of these projects is $ 13.43 million of which the State has advanced $ 8.4 million for their construction. Project sponsors, themselves, have provided the balance. The projects, when completed, will serve 601,000 acres of cropland, principally to supplement lands inadequately served with a water supply. < This program is responsible for providing either by water yield from reservoirs or water supply saved or created by projects each year, over 285,000 acre- feet of water. We feel that this is a demonstration of the importance which the State of Utah places upon water development and of our desire to deal with our problems within the limits of our financial capabilities. I would like to add that we extended ourselves and have constructed without Federal reclamation assistance, the Woodruff Narrows Dam on the upper Bear River. This is a project which had been under investigation by the Bureau of Reclamation and on which a report leading to authorization was nearly completed by the Bureau. We made the effort to construct this project in order to minimize our request for Federal assistance and in order that we could more readily request funds for the Dixie project which is beyond our ability to finance. You will find tabulated in the accomplishments folder, eight projects constructed in Washington County with State assistance. These projects have a total cost of $ 720,000 of which the State contributed $ 454,- 000. All of these complement the proposed Dixie project. One of these, the Kolob Reservoir, is, in fact, an integral part of the Dixie project since it provides storage regulation that will permit transbasin diversion of water to Iron County. This project could have been included as a part of the Dixie project but the State of Utah chose to accomplish as much as possible with its own resources. In closing let me say that I don't know of another group of people who would do a better job of husbanding and managing their water supplies than the people of Washington County. We will make good use of it in every respect. Mr. WILSON. I would just like to make a statement relative to the cost that was mentioned per acre- foot, that it seemed to be, according to the bureau, excessive. According to the farmers in the area, we, at the present time, don't feel that it is excessive. We have had higher assessments than that levied on us many times, to prepare our canals |